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Burnett gets Yanks back in groove
Chicago walks (3): Podsednik, Dye 2.
Chicago strikeouts (8): Podsednik, J.Nix 2, Thome, Konerko 2, Getz, Beckham.
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The Yankees' Alex Rodriguez connectsfor a home run, moving him within two homers of 10th place on the all-time list.
Kansas City strikeouts (5): Butler, J.Guillen 2, Olivo, Jacobs.
Chicago IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Danks (W) 71/3 5 0 0 0 5 105 3.76
Linebrink (S) 12/3 1 0 0 0 0 21 2.05
Kansas City IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Greinke (L) 6 9 4 2 1 6 82 2.00
Tejeda 1 1 1 1 2 1 20 4.50
R.Colon 1 2 0 0 0 0 13 3.21
J.Cruz 1 0 0 0 0 1 13 4.76
W: Danks, 7-6. L: Greinke, 10-4. S: Linebrink, 2.
IR-S: Linebrink 3-0. HBP: by Linebrink (J.Guillen). Umpires: Home, Ted Barrett; first, Tim McClelland; second, Andy Fletcher; third, Greg Gibson.
T: 2:25. A: 39,026 (38,177).
Rangers 3, Rays 1
ARLINGTON, Texas - Tommy Hunter earned his first career victory on his 23d birthday, Hank Blalock homered, and Texas won its third in a row.
Hunter (1-1) was making his sixth career start and third this season. The righthander allowed three hits and struck out five in 51/3 innings to help slow down baseball's top-scoring offense.
Blalock, who hit a two-run homer in the ninth to beat the Los Angeles Angels on Wednesday night, had a two-run shot in the fourth.
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