RED SOX 7, YANKEES 5

NEW YORK - Manny Ramirez hit two more homers off an ineffective Mike Mussina, leading Josh Beckett and the Boston Red Sox past the perturbed New York Yankees, 7-5, last night in a game that nearly got testy.

With Ramirez enjoying his latest outburst against his favorite foe, Yankees reliever Kyle Farnsworth threw a 97 m.p.h. fastball behind the slugger's neck on the first pitch of the seventh inning, drawing cheers from the sellout crowd of 55,088 at Yankee Stadium.

Ramirez flinched and dropped his bat, but never made a motion toward the mound.

Plate umpire Larry Vanover immediately warned both dugouts, and Ramirez eventually grounded out to second. The Red Sox never retaliated.

Ramirez hit his 494th home run in the first, passing Lou Gehrig and Fred McGriff for sole possession of 24th place on the career list, then added No. 495 an inning later with a mammoth two-run shot to left.

That gave Ramirez, who likes to admire his prodigious drives, five homers this season - three in six days off Mussina (1-3). It also gave the slugger 13 hits in his last 26 at-bats against the righthander, with four homers and 11 RBIs.

Ramirez finished with three hits for the second consecutive night and scored three times.

J.D. Drew added a two-run double for the Red Sox, who earned a two-game split after losing, 15-9, Wednesday night in a plodding game that took more than four hours.

Boston won for the fifth time in six tries and snapped a five-game skid at Yankee Stadium.

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Boston AB   R   H   BI   Avg.      New York AB   R   H   BI   Avg.   

Ellsbury cf 3   1   0   0   .212      Damon lf 4   1   1   0   .204   

Pedroia 2b 4   0   2   1   .329      Jeter ss 4   1   1   2   .317   

Ortiz dh 5   1   0   0   .111      BAbreu rf 4   0   2   1   .302   

MRamirez lf 5   3   3   3   .343      ARodriguez 3b 4   0   1   0   .309   

Thurston lf 0   0   0   0   ---      Giambi 1b 4   0   0   0   .125   

Youkilis 3b 5   2   2   0   .371      Posada dh 4   1   1   0   .268   

JDrew rf 4   0   2   2   .362      Cano 2b 4   0   0   1   .167   

Varitek c 4   0   2   1   .278      MlCabrera cf 3   2   2   1   .319   

Casey 1b 4   0   1   0   .313      Moeller c 3   0   0   0   .308   

Lugo ss 4   0   1   0   .271      a-HMatsui ph 1   0   0   0   .321   

Totals 38   7   13   7         Totals 35   5   8   5      

a-struck out for Moeller in the 9th. E: Moeller (1). LOB: Boston 7, New York 4. 2B: JDrew (2), Damon (4), BAbreu (3), Posada (3). HR: MlCabrera (3), off Papelbon; MRamirez 2 (5), off Mussina 2. RBIs: Pedroia (6), MRamirez 3 (18), JDrew 2 (12), Varitek (5), Jeter 2 (8), BAbreu (10), Cano (5), MlCabrera (7). SB: Ellsbury 2 (4). CS: Lugo (2). RLSP: Boston 3 (Ellsbury, Casey 2); New York 3 (Damon, ARodriguez, Posada). RA: Cano, Moeller. DP: New York 1 (Cano and Jeter).

Boston walks (1): Pedroia.

New York walks (1): MlCabrera.

Boston strikeouts (5): Ellsbury, Youkilis, Varitek, Casey, Lugo.

New York strikeouts (7): Damon 2, BAbreu, Giambi 2, Posada, HMatsui.

Boston IP   H   R   ER   BB   SO   NP   ERA   

Beckett(W) 8   6   3   3   1   5   105   5.12   

Papelbon 1   2   2   2   0   2   24   3.38   

New York IP   H   R   ER   BB   SO   NP   ERA   

Mussina(L) 3   7   5   5   0   1   77   5.75   

Albaladejo 3   4   2   2   1   3   47   3.18   

Farnsworth 1   0   0   0   0   1   15   4.32   

Traber 2   2   0   0   0   0   27   3.00   

W: Beckett, 2-1. L: Mussina, 1-3. .

HBP: by Mussina (Ellsbury 2). WP: Papelbon, Traber. Umpires: Home, Larry Vanover; First, Mike Everitt; Second, Mike DiMuro; Third, Tim McClelland.

T: 3:20. A: 55,088 (56,936).

TORONTO - Former Phillie Vicente Padilla pitched seven strong innings, Ian Kinsler had three hits, and Texas beat Toronto to hand the Blue Jays their fifth straight home defeat.

Rangers outfielder David Murphy went 3 for 4 with three doubles. He scored twice and drove in a run and Texas won its second straight following a five-game losing streak.

Padilla (2-1) allowed one run and seven hits with three walks and two strikeouts.

The last time Toronto dropped five straight at home was April 20-24, 2005.

The game came one night after 16 pitchers were needed for a 14-inning, four-hour, 53-minute game.

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Texas AB   R   H   BI   Avg.      Toronto AB   R   H   BI   Avg.   

Kinsler 2b 4   1   3   0   .297      Eckstein ss 5   0   2   1   .290   

Catalanotto lf 4   0   1   1   .233      AHill 2b 4   0   1   0   .323   

Hamilton cf 4   0   1   0   .308      Rios rf 4   0   2   0   .328   

Bradley dh 4   1   1   0   .353      VWells cf 3   0   1   0   .328   

Botts 1b 4   0   0   0   .154      FThomas dh 4   0   0   0   .179   

DaMurphy rf 4   2   3   1   .305      Stairs lf 4   0   1   0   .308   

Laird c 4   0   2   2   .255      Overbay 1b 2   0   0   0   .271   

RVazquez ss 3   0   0   0   .214      a-SStewart ph 1   0   0   0   .233   

Duran 3b 3   0   0   0   .000      Zaun c 3   1   1   0   .250   

Totals 34   4   11   4         Inglett 3b 2   0   0   0   .333   

                  b-Scutaro ph 1   0   0   0   .214   

                  Totals 33   1   8   1      

a-struck out for Overbay in the 9th. b-popped out for Inglett in the 9th. LOB: Texas 4, Toronto 9. 2B: DaMurphy 3 (7), Zaun (3). RBIs: Catalanotto (3), DaMurphy (6), Laird 2 (8), Eckstein (8). SB: Kinsler (5), Rios (5). GIDP: Catalanotto 2, Hamilton, Overbay, Zaun. RLSP: Texas 2 (RVazquez, Duran); Toronto 3 (VWells, FThomas, Stairs). RA: Botts, VWells, Inglett. DP: Texas 2 (Kinsler, RVazquez and Botts), (Kinsler, RVazquez and Botts); Toronto 3 (Eckstein, AHill and Overbay), (Overbay, Eckstein and Overbay), (Halladay, Eckstein and Overbay).

Texas walks (1): RVazquez.

Toronto walks (4): VWells, Overbay, Zaun, Inglett.

Texas strikeouts (6): Botts 2, RVazquez, Duran 3.

Toronto strikeouts (4): Rios, FThomas 2, SStewart.

Texas IP   H   R   ER   BB   SO   NP   ERA   

Padilla(W) 7   7   1   1   3   2   112   3.12   

JWright(H) 1   1   0   0   0   1   16   0.93   

CWilson(S) 1   0   0   0   1   1   18   0.00   

Toronto IP   H   R   ER   BB   SO   NP   ERA   

Halladay(L) 9   11   4   4   1   6   117   3.27   

W: Padilla, 2-1. L: Halladay, 2-2. S: CWilson, 5. H: JWright, 2.

WP: JWright. Umpires: Home, Chris Guccione; First, Brian Runge; Second, Charlie Reliford; Third, Greg Gibson.

T: 2:33. A: 15,809 (49,539).

ORIOLES 6, WHITE SOX 5

BALTIMORE - Adam Jones singled in the game-winning run in the 10th inning, capping a late comeback that gave Baltimore a victory over Chicago.

Baltimore trailed, 5-2, in the eighth before rallying. Kevin Millar led off the 10th with a walk, and later scored from second without a throw when Jones lashed a liner inside the left-field line.

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Chicago AB   R   H   BI   Avg.      Baltimore AB   R   H   BI   Avg.   

Swisher cf 4   0   1   1   .265      BRoberts 2b 5   1   1   1   .279   

OCabrera ss 5   0   1   0   .241      Mora 3b-ss 5   0   1   1   .233   

Thome dh 3   0   0   0   .173      Markakis rf 5   1   1   2   .309   

Konerko 1b 5   0   0   0   .176      Millar 1b 3   2   1   0   .237   

Dye rf 4   1   2   0   .357      Scott lf 3   0   1   1   .380   

Pierzynski c 5   0   0   0   .362      Huff dh-3b 5   0   0   0   .224   

Quentin lf 3   3   2   2   .244      AJones cf 4   0   1   1   .260   

Crede 3b 4   1   2   2   .304      Quiroz c 3   1   1   0   .250   

Uribe 2b 3   0   0   0   .146      LHernandez ss 2   1   0   0   .207   

Totals 36   5   8   5         a-Payton ph 1   0   1   0   .240   

                  Fahey ss 0   0   0   0   .077   

                  b-RHrn'dez ph 1   0   0   0   .152   

                  Sherrill p 0   0   0   0   ---   

                  Totals 37   6   8   6      

One out when winning run scored.a-singled for L.Hernandez in the 7th. b-grounded out for Fahey in the 9th. E: Konerko (1), Pierzynski (1), BRoberts (2). LOB: Chicago 7, Baltimore 9. 2B: Dye (6), BRoberts (6), Scott (8). HR: Crede (5), off Guthrie; Quentin 2 (4), off Sarfate, Guthrie; Markakis (3), off GFloyd. RBIs: Swisher (5), Quentin 2 (15), Crede 2 (18), BRoberts (6), Mora (7), Markakis 2 (7), Scott (7), AJones (4). SB: OCabrera 2 (3), Scott (1). CS: Millar (1). SF: Swisher. GIDP: Swisher, Konerko. RLSP: Chicago 2 (OCabrera, Konerko); Baltimore 3 (BRoberts, Huff, Quiroz). RA: Pierzynski, BRoberts, Mora, RHernandez. DP: Baltimore 2 (Millar, LHernandez and Millar), (Mora, BRoberts and Millar).

Chicago walks (4): Thome 2, Dye, Uribe.

Baltimore walks (5): Millar 2, Scott 2, Quiroz.

Chicago strikeouts (6): Thome, Konerko 2, Dye, Crede, Uribe.

Baltimore strikeouts (10): BRoberts 2, Markakis, Millar, Scott, Huff 3, AJones 2.

Chicago IP   H   R   ER   BB   SO   NP   ERA   

GFloyd 6   2   2   0   2   4   81   1.40   

Thornton(H) 1/3   0   0   0   0   1   4   2.08   

Dotel(H) 2/3   1   0   0   1   1   17   5.40   

Linebrink(H) 1   1   1   0   0   2   17   2.57   

Jenks(BS) 1   3   2   2   0   2   24   2.25   

Logan(L) 1/3   1   1   1   2   0   21   3.86   

Baltimore IP   H   R   ER   BB   SO   NP   ERA   

Guthrie 6   6   4   3   1   2   102   4.38   

Sarfate 2   2   1   1   1   3   41   7.04   

JWalker 1   0   0   0   1   0   13   6.75   

Sherrill(W) 1   0   0   0   1   1   23   2.70   

W: Sherrill, 1-0. L: Logan, 1-1. H: Dotel, 2. H: Thornton, 1. H: Linebrink, 6. BS: Jenks, 1.

Guthrie pitched to 2 batters in the 7th. HBP: by GFloyd (AJones), by Guthrie (Quentin). Umpires: Home, Randy Marsh; First, Brian Knight; Second, Hunter Wendelstedt; Third, Marvin Hudson.

T: 3:20. A: 13,676 (48,290).

INDIANS 11, TIGERS 1

CLEVELAND - Fausto Carmona allowed a run in 62/3 innings, Ryan Garko and Travis Hafner hit two-run homers, and Cleveland beat Detroit.

Tigers righthander Justin Verlander remained winless in four starts, falling to 0-3. He allowed five runs and seven hits in five innings. Verlander walked four and struck out one.

Carmona (2-1), who walked eight in 31/3 innings in his last start against Oakland, gave up seven hits, struck out two, and walked one.

Former Phillie Jason Michaels drove in three runs, while Garko, Hafner and Jamey Carroll had two RBIs apiece for the Indians, who had lost six of seven. Every Cleveland starter had at least one hit.

The game featured five hit batters - two by Verlander, two in a row by Carmona, and one by Tigers reliever Bobby Seay.

After Verlander hit Garko in the second and Michaels in the fifth, Carmona opened the sixth by hitting Ramon Santiago on the foot. On the next pitch, he hit Gary Sheffield in the hip.

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Detroit AB   R   H   BI   Avg.      Cleveland AB   R   H   BI   Avg.   

CThomas cf 5   0   1   0   .295      Sizemore cf 3   1   1   0   .283   

Santiago 2b 2   1   1   0   .455      JCarroll 2b 4   2   2   2   .308   

Sheffield dh 1   0   0   0   .209      Hafner dh 4   1   1   2   .242   

Ordonez rf 3   0   1   0   .295      VMartinez c 4   1   2   1   .368   

a-Raburn ph-rf 1   0   0   0   .500      Peralta ss 5   1   1   0   .237   

MiCabrera 3b 3   0   1   1   .268      Garko 1b 3   3   1   2   .315   

CGuillen 1b 3   0   1   0   .367      FGutierrez rf 4   1   2   0   .208   

Thames 1b 1   0   0   0   .160      Michaels lf 3   0   2   3   .139   

Renteria ss 4   0   1   0   .297      Blake 3b 5   1   1   1   .152   

JJones lf 4   0   0   0   .171      Totals 35   11   13   11      

Inge c 4   0   1   0   .304                     

Totals 31   1   7   1                        

a-popped out for Ordonez in the 7th. LOB: Detroit 9, Cleveland 10. 2B: CThomas (3), Inge (5), Sizemore (1), VMartinez (2), FGutierrez (3), Blake (3). 3B: JCarroll (1). HR: Hafner (3), off Miner; Garko (2), off Verlander. RBIs: MiCabrera (11), JCarroll 2 (2), Hafner 2 (12), VMartinez (6), Garko 2 (11), Michaels 3 (5), Blake (7). SB: Sizemore (5). SF: MiCabrera, Michaels. GIDP: CGuillen, Peralta. RLSP: Detroit 7 (CThomas 2, Raburn 2, MiCabrera 2, Renteria); Cleveland 4 (VMartinez, Peralta, Blake 2). RA: Ordonez, Sizemore, Hafner, FGutierrez. DP: Detroit 1 (Renteria and CGuillen); Cleveland 1 (JCarroll, Peralta and Garko).

Detroit walks (3): Santiago, Sheffield 2.

Cleveland walks (6): Sizemore, JCarroll, Hafner, VMartinez, Garko, FGutierrez.

Detroit strikeouts (4): CThomas, Sheffield, MiCabrera, Renteria.

Cleveland strikeouts (3): Hafner, Peralta 2.

Detroit IP   H   R   ER   BB   SO   NP   ERA   

Verlander(L) 5   7   5   5   4   1   104   7.03   

Miner 1   5   5   5   1   0   29   15.75   

Seay 1   1   1   1   0   2   29   5.79   

DBautista 1   0   0   0   1   0   13   1.29   

Cleveland IP   H   R   ER   BB   SO   NP   ERA   

Carmona(W) 62/3   7   1   1   1   2   105   1.96   

JLewis 1/3   0   0   0   2   0   13   4.66   

Kobayashi 1   0   0   0   0   1   14   2.84   

RBetancourt 1   0   0   0   0   1   13   4.50   

W: Carmona, 2-1. L: Verlander, 0-3. .

IR-S: JLewis 1-0. IBB: off Verlander (VMartinez) 1. HBP: by Seay (Sizemore), by Carmona (Sheffield), by Carmona (Santiago), by Verlander (Michaels), by Verlander (Garko). Umpires: Home, Jim Wolf; First, Ed Montague; Second, Jerry Layne; Third, Phil Cuzzi.

T: 3:23. A: 21,547 (43,545).

RAYS 7, TWINS 3

MINNEAPOLIS - Jason Hammel had his second straight strong outing, Nathan Haynes' single keyed a four-run rally and Tampa Bay beat Minnesota to split the two-game series.

In six innings, Hammel (1-1) allowed six hits and three runs while striking out five to help the Rays end a three-game losing streak. He allowed two earned runs in a career-best seven innings Saturday against Baltimore.

This time he got some help from an offense that had generated just two runs in his previous two starts. Rays hitters tallied more than that in one inning against the Twins.

Up by 3-2, Tampa Bay batted around and scored four times in the fifth inning to chase Minnesota starter Boof Bonser.

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Tampa Bay AB   R   H   BI   Avg.      Minnesota AB   R   H   BI   Avg.   

Iwamura 2b 5   2   1   0   .213      CaGomez cf 4   0   2   0   .275   

Crawford lf 5   1   2   1   .250      Tolbert ss 4   1   2   1   .419   

Upton cf 4   2   1   1   .300      Mauer c 4   0   1   1   .296   

CPena 1b 2   0   0   0   .179      Morneau 1b 3   1   2   0   .255   

Haynes rf 2   0   1   2   .250      DYoung lf 4   0   1   1   .274   

Longoria 3b 4   0   2   1   .300      Kubel dh 4   0   0   0   .259   

Hinske rf-1b 2   1   1   1   .342      BHarris 2b 3   0   0   0   .319   

Gomes dh 4   0   1   1   .294      Lamb 3b 4   0   0   0   .143   

DiFelice c 4   0   0   0   .333      Span rf 3   1   0   0   .222   

Bartlett ss 4   1   2   0   .218      Totals 33   3   8   3      

Totals 36   7   11   7                        

E: Span 2 (2). LOB: Tampa Bay 5, Minnesota 5. 2B: Gomes (2), Tolbert (2), Morneau (3). HR: Hinske (4), off Bonser. RBIs: Crawford (9), Upton (15), Haynes 2 (2), Longoria (3), Hinske (7), Gomes (7), Tolbert (2), Mauer (9), DYoung (6). SB: Span (2). CS: Bartlett (1). GIDP: Tolbert, DYoung. RLSP: Tampa Bay 3 (DiFelice 3); Minnesota 2 (Mauer, DYoung). RA: Crawford, Upton, CPena, Gomes 2. DP: Tampa Bay 2 (Longoria, Iwamura and Hinske), (Longoria, Iwamura and Hinske); Minnesota 1 (Morneau and BHarris).

Tampa walks (3): Upton, Hinske 2.

Minnesota walks (2): Morneau, BHarris.

Tampa strikeouts (5): Iwamura, Upton 2, Longoria, DiFelice.

Minnesota strikeouts (6): CaGomez, DYoung, Kubel, BHarris 2, Span.

Tampa Bay IP   H   R   ER   BB   SO   NP   ERA   

Hammel(W) 6   6   3   3   2   5   101   4.26   

Howell(S) 3   2   0   0   0   1   33   2.53   

Minnesota IP   H   R   ER   BB   SO   NP   ERA   

Bonser(L) 4   7   7   6   2   0   72   4.70   

Bass 1/3   1   0   0   1   1   14   3.18   

Guerrier 32/3   3   0   0   0   3   44   5.79   

Neshek 1   0   0   0   0   1   9   6.43   

W: Hammel, 1-1. L: Bonser, 1-3. S: Howell, 1.

Bonser pitched to 4 batters in the 5th. IR-S: Bass 3-2, Guerrier 3-1. IBB: off Bass (Hinske) 1. WP: Hammel. Umpires: Home, Adrian Johnson; First, Tim Tschida; Second, Jim Joyce; Third, Jeff Nelson.

T: 2:48. A: 14,781 (46,632).