Tampa Bay starter Jeff Niemann (2-0) overcame a second-inning anomaly of throwing 11 straight balls, and kept Seattle scoreless as he went into the seventh inning.

Carl Crawford finished a triple short of the cycle as the Rays kept rolling on the best start in club history.

The Mariners lost their sixth straight and placed starting left fielder Milton Bradley on the restricted list while he deals with personal issues.

Seattle starter Ryan Rowland-Smith (0-2) failed to make it through the fifth, battered for six runs in his shortest outing of the season.

In Chicago, Toronto extended its winning streak to five games by beating Chicago.

Blue Jays starter Dana Eveland (3-1) was in control through seven scoreless innings and outdueled another lefty, White Sox starter John Danks (3-1).

Chicago got a man on second with one out in the ninth, but Toronto closer Kevin Gregg struck out two batters to secure victory.

In Boston, Victor Martinez homered and drove in four runs as Boston completed a four-game sweep of Los Angeles.

Martinez's two-run homer in the third cut the Angels lead to 4-2 and his two-run double in the fifth tied it. The Red Sox added three more runs in the fifth via Jeremy Hermida's two-run single and Darnell McDonald's RBI double.

Boston starter Daisuke Matsuzaka (1-1) retired 13 of the last 16 batters he faced after allowing four runs in the first. Its the first time Boston has been over .500 since opening night.

Los Angeles starter Scott Kazmir (2-2) gave up seven runs in 4 1-3 innings as the Angels dropped its seventh straight game.

In Minneapolis, Ty Wigginton hit his 10th home run of the season to help Baltimore beat Minnesota.

Wigginton moved into second place behind Chicago's Paul Konerko (12) on the AL home run list.

Orioles starter Brad Bergesen (2-2), who failed to last past the fifth in each of his first four starts, made it through 6 2-3 scoreless innings.

Minnesota starter Carl Pavano (3-3) threw 70 of his 97 pitches for strikes but lost despite allowing on two runs in eight innings.

In Arlington, Josh Hamilton and Vladimir Guerrero hit back-to-back homers in the eighth inning as Texas pulled out a free-scoring victory over Kansas City despite blowing an early eight-run lead.

The Royals had finally taken their first lead of the game in the top of the eighth and brought in closer Joakim Soria (0-1) with two outs in the bottom of the inning. Hamliton homered and Guerrero followed.

Rangers reliever Frank Francisco (4-3) gave up a run in one inning.

Texas' Neftali Feliz struck out two of the three batters he faced for his seventh save in eight chances.