- CLEVELAND: Orlando Cabrera's three-run double in the first inning set the Cleveland Indians on their way to a ninth successive home win, beating the slumping Kansas City Royals 7-2 in the American League on Wednesday.
Cabrera hit a bases-loaded double off Jeff Francis (0-3) as the Indians jumped to a 5-0 lead. That was all the support Cleveland starter Josh Tomlin (4-0) would need in sending Kansas City to its fifth straight loss.
Tomlin gave up two solo homers in the second, but blanked Kansas City over the next four innings. He has gone at least five innings in each of his first 17 appearances in the majors - a club record.
In Anaheim, Cliff Pennington opened the 10th inning with a triple off a fielder's glove to lift Oakland over Los Angeles.
Former Angels closer Brian Fuentes returned in Oakland colors and inadvertently helped his old team by giving up the tying run in the bottom of the ninth.
But the A's recovered in the 10th, when the switch-hitting Pennington sliced a pitch from Jordan Walden (0-1) toward left-center. Vernon Wells tried a sliding catch but the ball went off his glove as he nearly collided with the center fielder.
After an intentional walk with one out, Conor Jackson delivered the run with a groundout, hitting a high chopper to shortstop.
In Arlington, Texas, Mitch Moreland led off the seventh inning with a tiebreaking home run and Texas hung on to edge Toronto.
Moreland sent a pitch from Octavio Dotel (1-1) over the center-field fence for his third homer of the season.
Michael Young and Mike Napoli earlier had two-run doubles in Texas' six-run third.
Rangers rookie Cody Eppley (1-0) allowed one hit in two innings for his first major league win.
In New York, Bartolo Colon looked like the ace of old, shutting down Chicago over eight crisp innings to steer New York to victory.
Colon (2-1) outpitched Mark Buehrle to give him two wins in two starts this season - his first in the majors since 2009.
The husky right-hander, who won the 2005 AL Cy Young Award for the Angels, signed a minor league deal in February but had a good spring training and was lifted to the majors as a reliever. He has become a savior for a New York rotation missing the injured Phil Hughes.
Robinson Cano hit an early three-run homer for the Yankees.
In Detroit, Erik Bedard pitched seven impressive innings for his first win since June 2009, helping Seattle crunch Detroit.
Bedard (1-4), who missed last season following shoulder surgery, allowed just one run and issued no walks.
Justin Smoak hit a three-run homer and drove in a career-high five runs for the Mariners. He has homered in consecutive games after missing a week following the death of his father.
The Mariners broke it open with six runs in the ninth.
Detroit starter Justin Verlander (2-3) allowed four runs in six innings, walking three.
In Minneapolis, Ben Zobrist tripled and drove in three runs as Tampa Bay overcame snowy conditions to beat Minnesota.
The cold weather didn't bother the boys from the Sunshine State, who moved over .500 for the first time this season.
Wade Davis (3-2) allowed two runs and had five strikeouts in 6 2-3 innings for the Rays.
In Baltimore, Derrick Lee had three hits and scored the tiebreaking run to help Baltimore edge Boston.
After blowing a 4-0 lead in the top of the eighth, Baltimore regained the lead in the bottom half against Daniel Bard (0-3). Nick Markakis singled and took second on a single by Lee. Both moved up on a passed ball before Markakis was thrown out.
Vladimir Guerrero then bounced an RBI single up the middle to bring in Lee from third base.
Koji Uehara (1-0) got the victory and Kevin Gregg worked a perfect ninth for his fourth save.

