MLB ROUNDUP \ Tuesday’s other games

AMERICAN LEAGUE

Red Sox 5, Tigers 0

DETROIT — Tim Wakefield only allowed two hits in eight shutout innings to lift Boston over Detroit. David Ortiz and Manny Ramirez also hit back-to-back homers on successive pitches in Boston’s fifth straight win and seventh in the last eight games. Detroit, which was shut out for the fourth time this season, has lost five straight.

Rays 5, Blue Jays 4

TORONTO — Andy Sonnanstine won his fourth straight start, Eric Hinske homered, and Tampa Bay beat Blue Jays, snapping Toronto’s five-game winning streak. Sonnanstine (5-1) allowed four runs and 10 hits in six innings, becoming the fastest five-game winner in Tampa Bay’s 11-year history. He walked one and struck out two. Sonnanstine is 4-0 against American League East opponents and has not lost since April 9 against Seattle. He has a 2.45 ERA in his past four starts. Dan Wheeler worked the seventh and eighth while Troy Percival pitched the ninth for his seventh save.

White Sox 7, Twins 1

CHICAGO — Gavin Floyd’s no-hit bid lasted until the ninth this time. Joe Mauer doubled with one out off Chicago’s young right-hander for Minnesota’s only hit as the White Sox ended a six-game losing streak. Floyd (3-1) was taken out to a standing ovation after Mauer’s double to left-center and Bobby Jenks came on to get the final two outs. Floyd, who held Detroit hitless for 71‚Ñ3 innings April 12 before Edgar Renteria singled, walked three and struck out four.

Angels 5, Royals 3

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Garret Anderson homered for the second straight game and drove in five runs to lift Los Angeles over Kansas City. Anderson slammed Brian Bannister’s pitch over the right field wall for a three-run shot that tied the score 3-all in the fourth. In the fifth, Anderson’s RBI single made it 4-3. Then he victimized Bannister (3-4) with another RBI single in the seventh. He was 3-for-5.

NATIONAL LEAGUE

Cubs 3, Reds 0

CINCINNATI — Carlos Zambrano had his way with Cincinnati’s slumping lineup, and Ronny Cedeno singled home a pair of runs for Chicago. The Cubs won for only fourth time in 12 games, a span marked by inconsistency all-around. Zambrano has been one of the constants. He allowed only three hits in eight innings.

Marlins 3, Brewers 0

MIAMI — Scott Olsen allowed two hits in 82‚Ñ3 innings, and Mike Jacobs hit a two-run homer to help Florida beat slumping Milwaukee. Ryan Braun doubled in the fourth and Prince Fielder singled with two outs in the ninth for Milwaukee’s only hits. Olsen came within a strike of his first complete game and the Marlins’ first since Sept. 16, 2006, but he walked pinch-hitter Joe Dillon to load the bases with two outs in the ninth. Kevin Gregg needed only one pitch to retire Bill Hall on a flyout for his sixth save in seven chances. The Brewers lost their fourth game in a row, their longest losing streak this season.

Braves 5, Padres 3

ATLANTA — Chipper Jones hit his 10th homer and Jair Jurrjens pitched six strong innings for Atlanta. Mark Kotsay added two hits, including a homer, and drove in two runs. Kotsay also delivered the defensive play of the game in the fifth inning, making an over-the-shoulder catch at the warning track of Tadahito Iguchi’s drive.

Associated Press