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NEW YORK -- Eduardo Perez hit two home runs off Randy Johnson, Hideo Nomo pitched effectively into the sixth inning on three days' rest and the Tampa Bay Devil Rays ended an 11-game losing streak at Yankee Stadium with a 6-2 victory over New York on Tuesday night.
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Nomo and three relievers limited the Yankees to nine hits one night after they battered Tampa Bay for 20 hits and 19 runs, its most runs in nearly three years.
The Devil Rays' first win in New York since Sept. 14, 2003, was the Yankees' fifth loss in six games and dropped the AL East champions to 5-9.
Nomo (2-1), pitching on three days' rest because Mark Hendrickson has an inflamed shoulder and will go on the disabled list Wednesday, limited the Yankees to six hits and a run in 5 2/3 innings. His lone mistake was Jason Giambi's homer to right in the second.
Nomo had an ERA of 6.82 against New York in seven previous starts. Full story
Blue Jays 4, Red Sox 3
BOSTON -- Corey Koskie singled home the go-ahead run in the ninth with his fourth hit, and Roy Halladay pitched eight strong innings as Toronto defeated Boston and ended a nine-game losing streak at Fenway Park.
The Red Sox put runners at first and third with two outs in the ninth before Ramon Vazquez, playing third base because Bill Mueller had flu symptoms, flied to center against Miguel Batista.
Until Koskie's decisive hit, all the runs scored on homers. Manny Ramirez hit a solo shot in the first and Koskie tied it with his second homer of the season in the sixth. David Ortiz's two-run drive made it 3-1 in the seventh and Vernon Wells tied it with a two-run shot in the eighth.
Keith Foulke (1-2) retired the first batter in the ninth before Frank Catalanotto was hit by a pitch and Gregg Zaun walked. Shea Hillenbrand singled, but pinch-runner Reed Johnson was thrown out at the plate by left fielder Jay Payton. Koskie then singled to right to drive in Zaun for a 4-3 lead.
White Sox 3, Twins 1
CHICAGO -- Paul Konerko hit his major league-leading seventh home run and Orlando Hernandez pitched six shutout innings, sending Chicago past Minnesota.
Hernandez (2-1) scattered 10 hits -- he allowed at least one in every inning. He also walked one and hit a batter with a pitch. Aided by two of Chicago's three double plays, he squirmed out of several jams, including two with the bases loaded and one out.
Konerko homered to center off starter Brad Radke (1-3) in the sixth. Joe Crede and Scott Podsednik each drove in a run in the fifth for the White Sox (10-4), who swept the two-game series against their AL Central rivals.
Luis Vizcaino and Dustin Hermanson each pitched a scoreless inning for Chicago before Shingo Takatsu gave up an RBI single to pinch-hitter Matthew LeCroy in the ninth. Damaso Marte recorded two outs for his first save.
Royals 6, Indians 5
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Alberto Castillo homered off Arthur Rhodes with two outs in the ninth inning, giving Kansas City a one-run victory over Cleveland.
Castillo, a 10-year veteran with only 10 previous homers in 904 at-bats, also had two singles and scored three times as the Royals won for just the second time in eight home games.
Mike MacDougal (1-0) pitched one inning for Kansas City, which outhit Cleveland 15-14. Rhodes (1-1) was the loser for the Indians, who had kept the Royals scoreless after Scott Elarton departed in the fourth inning.
Elarton allowed five runs and 10 hits in 3 2/3 innings and is winless in his last 26 road starts. Royals starter Denny Bautista gave up five runs and 11 hits in 5 1/3 innings.
Orioles 8, Tigers 4
BALTIMORE -- Brian Roberts kept up his surprising power surge with a three-run homer, and Miguel Tejada and Rafael Palmeiro added solo shots to lead Baltimore over Detroit.
Roberts connected in the second inning off Nate Robertson for a 4-0 lead. It was the sixth home run of the season for the 5-foot-9 second baseman, surpassing his previous career high of five in 2003. He hit only four in 159 games last season.
Roberts, who has at least one hit in all 14 games this year, went 1-for-4 with a walk and is batting .421.
Javy Lopez had three hits, and Sidney Ponson (2-1) allowed four runs and nine hits in six innings for the Orioles, who have won seven of nine. Ponson was replaced by Todd Williams, who pitched two scoreless innings and has not allowed a run in all six appearances this season.
Robertson (0-2) yielded up six runs and seven hits in 3 1/3 innings. The left-hander led Detroit with 12 wins last year, but is winless in nine starts since Aug. 30 and has yielded 12 runs in his last two outings.
Mariners 5, Angels 3
ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Richie Sexson hit a three-run homer and Raul Ibanez added a solo shot in a four-run first inning, starting Seattle on its way to a win over the Los Angeles Angels.
Jamie Moyer (3-0) gave up three runs and five hits in six innings, moving within two games of passing Randy Johnson (130) for the most wins in Mariners' history.
Sexson hit the first pitch for his fourth homer of the season after Kevin Gregg opened the game by walking Ichiro Suzuki and Jeremy Reed. Ibanez followed one batter later with his third homer. Adrian Beltre's two-out RBI single in the second increased Seattle's lead to 5-0.
Gregg (1-1) gave up five runs, four hits and five walks in 2 1/3 innings. He replaced Kelvim Escobar, who is rehabbing a sprained right elbow in the minors.
