Tejada, playing his first season at third base, fielded Alex Rodriguez's sharp grounder off reliever David Hernandez in the seventh inning, but his throw to first bounced in the dirt and Ty Wigginton couldn't stretch far enough to scoop it.

Curtis Granderson hit a solo homer in the fifth inning.

Baltimore lost its sixth in a row.

Vazquez (4-5) allowed a solo homer to Corey Patterson in the sixth, one of four hits he allowed. He struck out seven in seven innings.

Matusz (2-6) gave up six hits and three runs-one earned.

Indians 3 Tigers 2: In Detroit, Russell Branyan and Shin-Soo Choohit homers, lifting the Indians to a win over the Tigers.

Jake Westbrook (3-3) gave up a run on five hits and a walk over 7 2-3 innings.

Chris Perez stranded two runners in the eighth by getting Magglio Ordonez to pop up. Kerry Wood gave up an unearned run on Alex Avila's RBI single after Branyan's two-out error, letting the Tigers pull within a run before earning his third save in four chances.

Jeremy Bonderman (2-3) didn't allow a run until Branyan hit a solo home run in the fifth. Choo followed with a solo shot the next inning. Mark Grudzielanek's RBI single in the eighth gave Cleveland a two-run cushion it needed.

Royals 6 Angels 3: In Kansas City, Mo., David DeJesus hit a two-run triple, Jose Guillen homered and reliever Robinson Tejeda escaped a jam in the sixth inning, lifting the Royals to a win over the Angels.

Brian Bannister (5-3) worked into the sixth inning for his fourth straight win and the bullpen pitched 3 2-3 scoreless innings to end Kansas City's three-game losing streak. Tejeda got the two biggest outs, stopping the Angels with runners on second and third, and Joakim Soria pitched a dominating ninth for his 13th save in 15 chances.

The Royals scored four runs off Joel Pineiro (3-6) in the fifth inning and Guillen provided extra cushion with his 12th homer in the eighth, a solo shot to left.

Rays 7 Blue Jays 6: In Toronto, Sean Rodriguez hit a go-ahead, three-run double in a wild ninth inning that featured two ejections and the Tampa Bay Rays rallied to beat Toronto.

The Blue Jays led 5-3 to begin the inning, but Carl Crawford drew a one-out walk and stole second. He was nearly picked off second, but ended up at third after Gregg's throwing error sent the ball into center field.

Evan Longoria walked to put runners on the corners for Carlos Pena, who struck out looking after he was denied a timeout call by home plate umpire Angel Hernandez.

Rays manager Joe Maddon came out to argue and was ejected by Hernandez.

Gregg (0-2) loaded the bases by walking pinch-hitter John Jaso, then walked in a run before Rodriguez's bases-clearing double.

Red Sox 9 Athletics 4: In Boston, Victor Martinez had five hits, including a career-high four doubles-one of them to break a sixth-inning tie after Oakland walked the bases loaded-and the Red Sox rallied from a four-run deficit to beat the Athletics.

John Lackey (6-3) spotted the A's a 4-0 lead before Adrian Beltrehit a three-run homer in the fifth. In the sixth, Bill Hall reached on a leadoff walk and then Darnell McDonald and Marco Scutaro both tried to sacrifice bunt but wound up walking as well.

Hall scored to tie it on Dustin Pedroia'sdouble-play grounder, then Martinez's line drive one-hopped into the stands to make it 5-4. The Red Sox added a run in the seventh and three in the eighth.

Tyson Ross (1-4) took the loss.

Rangers 9 White Sox 6: In Chicago, Ian Kinsler had two hits and drove in three runs and Craig Gentry hit a two-run single to lead the Rangers to a comeback victory over the White Sox.

Josh Hamilton and David Murphy each had three hits for the Rangers, who snapped a four-game losing streak.

Rangers starter Rich Harden (3-1) hung around long enough to get the victory, allowing four runs on seven hits. He struck out one and allowed three walks.

White Sox starter Mark Buehrle (3-6) couldn't hold on to an early 4-0 lead. Buehrle was tagged for four runs on four hits in the sixth inning.

Rangers closer Neftali Feliz, loaded the bases in the ninth with one out, but earned his 14th save in 16 opportunities.

Mariners 7 Twins 1: In Seattle, Jose Lopez homered and drove in three runs, Chone Figgins had two hits including an RBI double in Seattle's four-run fourth and starter Jason Vargas slowed down the Twins in the Mariners' victory.

Vargas (4-2) ended a string of three consecutive no-decisions while stopping Seattle's losing streak at three games.

He allowed Justin Morneau's solo home run on a 3-0 gift pitch in the third- and just five other hits in seven innings.

Minnesota's winning streak ended at a season high-tying five games.

The 27-year-old Vargas was competing for a roster spot in spring training but now is a surprise of Seattle's skittish season.