AMERICAN LEAGUE Struggling Yankees get a win

With the 5-0 victory, Mike Mussina earned his 22nd career shutout.
ASSOCIATED PRESS
NEW YORK -- Mike Mussina restored some order to the staggering Yankees on Saturday, pitching a four-hitter in New York's 5-0 victory over the Oakland Athletics.
The win ended a four-game losing streak that had dropped the seven-time defending AL East champions into a last-place tie with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, nine games behind first-place Baltimore.
Mussina (3-2) dominated the Athletics with his 22nd career shutout and first since Aug. 17, 2003 -- which was also the last complete-game victory by a Yankees pitcher. He struck out three, walked two and allowed only two runners to reach second base in his 131-pitch outing.
New York (12-19) managed just five hits against Joe Blanton (0-3) and two relievers, but avoided having their fewest wins after 31 games since 1913, when they were 9-22.
OAKLANDNEW YORK
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EChavz 3b3000Shffield rf3211
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Kielty rf3000ARod 3b4023
Durazo dh3000TMrtnz 1b4111
MEllis 2b3000Posada c2000
Byrnes lf3010Phillips dh3000
Scutaro ss3010Cano 2b3000
Totals30040Totals30555
Oakland000000000--0
New York11200001x--5
E--EChavez (6). DP--New York 1. LOB--Oakland 5, New York 4. 2B--Sheffield (11), ARodriguez (7). HR--TMartinez (5). SB--Sheffield (4).
IPHRERBBSO
Oakland
Blanton L,0-3644433
Street100001
Duchscherer111001
New York
Mussina W,3-2940023
Umpires--Home, Wally Bell; First, Kerwin Danley; Second, Chris Guccione; Third, Jim Reynolds. T--2:31. A--52,776.
White Sox 10, Blue Jays 7
TORONTO -- Paul Konerko homered twice and drove in five runs, a day after ending an 0-for-26 slump, and the White Sox won their seventh straight.
Staked to 6-1 lead in the second, Jon Garland became the American League's first six-game winner. Garland (6-0) tossed shutouts in his previous two starts, but Shea Hillenbrand ended his 23-inning scoreless streak with a RBI grounder in the first.
Tadahito Iguchi, Juan Uribe and Aaron Rowand also homered to help the White Sox improve their major league-best record to 23-7.
Garland allowed six runs and nine hits in 5 2/3 innings. He has won eight straight starts dating to last season, the longest streak by a White Sox pitcher since James Baldwin also won eight in a row in 2000.
Konerko hit a two-run homer off Ted Lilly (1-3) in the first and a three-run shot off Matt Whiteside in the fourth, his second multihomer game this season and the 13th of his career.
CHICAGOTORONTO
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Iguchi 2b5112Ctlnotto lf4210
CEvrtt dh4110Koskie dh4021
Knerko 1b5225Hlnbrn 3b4012
Rwand cf4111Hinske 1b3001
Dye rf4110Zaun c4010
Uribe ss3112VWells cf4000
Widger c4030Rios rf4000
Crede 3b4000Adams ss4332
Totals36101110Totals367107
Chicago240400000--10
Toronto101031001--7
E--Zaun (3). DP--Toronto 2. LOB--Chicago 3, Toronto 4. 2B--Widger (2), Koskie (4), Hillenbrand (8), Adams (5). HR--Iguchi (2), Konerko 2 (9), Rowand (3), Uribe (2), Adams 2 (3). SB--Podsednik 4 (16), OHudson (2). SF--Hinske.
IPHRERBBSO
Chicago
Garland W,6-05 2-396612
Cotts200002
LVizcaino1 1-311100
Toronto
Lilly L,1-31 2-366613
Whiteside1 2-334433
Walker2 2-310001
Chulk210000
Schoeneweis100003
Umpires--Home, Jerry Crawford; First, C.B. Bucknor; Second, Phil Cuzzi; Third, Ed Rapuano. T--2:51. A--23,078.
Orioles 5, Royals 3
BALTIMORE -- Brian Roberts homered on the first pitch in the bottom of the first inning to back an impressive pitching performance by Bruce Chen, and the Orioles beat the Royals.
Miguel Tejada hit a tainted two-run double for the first-place Orioles, who have won 11 of 13 to move 11 games over .500 (20-9) for the first time since 1997, their last winning season.
Chen (4-1) allowed two unearned runs in seven innings. B.J. Ryan struck out Eli Marrero with the bases loaded and two outs in the eighth, then got three more outs for his seventh save.
Roberts gave the Orioles the lead for good by hitting the opening pitch from Jose Lima (0-3) over the right-field scoreboard. It was his ninth homer, four more than his previous career high.
KANSAS CITYBALTIMORE
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MiSwy 1b4133Mora 3b4110
Harvey dh3000Tejada ss4012
Mrrero lf4000RPlmo 1b4010
Brown rf4020JvLopz c4020
Berroa ss4000Newhn pr0000
McEng 3b4010GGil c0000
ACstillo c2000Surhoff rf4000
Long ph1100Matos cf2210
Buck c1000Gbbons dh3011
Totals34373Totals30585
Kansas City000002010--3
Baltimore10003100x--5
E--BRoberts (4), Mora (1). DP--Baltimore 2. LOB--Kansas City 6, Baltimore 6. 2B--Tejada (8), RPalmeiro (4), Matos (4), Gibbons (5). HR--MiSweeney (7), BRoberts (9). SB--Graffanino (2). CS--Newhan (1). SF--Bigbie.
IPHRERBBSO
Kansas City
Lima L,0-35 2-375531
Sisco1 1-300014
MacDougal110002
Baltimore
BChen W,4-1742003
Julio2-321110
BRyan S,71 1-310012
Umpires--Home, Andy Fletcher; First, Bob Davidson; Second, Rob Drake; Third, Mike Reilly. T--2:48. A--30,084.
Twins 8, Devil Rays 1
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Lew Ford's two-run double capped a four-run fifth inning, and Justin Morneau hit a three-run homer, leading Minnesota past Tampa Bay.
Ford's hit came with two outs and the bases loaded. The Twins had been hitless in 14 previous at-bats this season in that situation.
Morneau, who entered the game as a defensive replacement in the eighth, homered in Minnesota's four-run ninth. He has six homers and 16 RBIs in his last 12 games.
Kyle Lohse (2-2) allowed one run and five hits in five innings. Minnesota manager Ron Gardenhire was looking for five innings from Lohse, who left his previous start in the fourth on April 28 in Kansas City with a right shoulder strain.
Scott Baker replaced Lohse in the sixth and pitched one inning in his major league debut. J.C. Romero and Jesse Crain combined for two scoreless innings before Joe Nathan pitched the ninth.
Scott Kazmir (0-4) gave up four runs and seven hits in seven innings. The Twins were hitless through four innings before scoring four times on six hits against the 21-year-old left-hander in the fifth.
Torii Hunter doubled for the Twins' first hit and remained at second on Jacque Jones' infield single. One out later, Mike Redmond and Jason Bartlett had consecutive RBI singles for a 2-1 lead.
Kazmir fielded Shannon Stewart's slow grounder near the first-base line and threw Redmond out at the plate for the second out, but Luis Rivas' infield single loaded the bases and Ford followed with his double.
Kazmir walked two of three to start the game before retiring 10 straight. He finished with five strikeouts and three walks.
Lohse worked out of a bases-loaded, two-out jam in the fifth by retiring Josh Phelps on a foul popup. The Devil Rays are 1-for-16 -- including 0-for-7 with two outs -- with the bases loaded this year.
Lohse retired six straight before Nick Green singled to start the third and went to third on Toby Hall's double. Green later scored on Julio Lugo's sacrifice fly.
MINNESOTATAMPA BAY
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ShStwrt lf4100ASnchz rf4000
Rivas 2b4010Lugo ss3011
Tiffe ph1011Crwfrd lf4000
Punto 2b0100Huff 1b3000
LFord dh4012JPhlps dh4000
LeCroy 1b4000Cantu 3b4010
Mrneau 1b1113NGreen 2b3120
THnter cf5120THall c4010
JJones rf3110Hollins cf4020
Cddyer 3b4000
Rdmnd c4121
Bartlett ss3221
Totals378118Totals33171
Minnesota000040004--8
Tampa Bay001000000--1
E--Bartlett (3), Cantu (3). DP--Tampa Bay 2. LOB--Minnesota 6, Tampa Bay 9. 2B--LFord (6), THunter (7), Redmond (2), Cantu (4), THall (5). HR--Morneau (6). CS--ShStewart (1). S--NGreen. SF--Lugo.
IPHRERBBSO
Minnesota
Lohse W,2-2551124
Baker110000
Romero1 1-300001
Crain2-300000
Nathan110001
Tampa Bay
Kazmir L,0-4774435
Harper1 2-333312
TreMiller1-311100
Umpires--Home, Fieldin Culbreth; First, Marvin Hudson; Second, Larry Young; Third, Eric Cooper. T--2:43. A--12,675.
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