- DETROIT: Jacoby Ellsbury hit a three-run homer in a five-run second inning as the hot-hitting Boston Red Sox went on to rout the Detroit Tigers 14-1 in an eight-inning, rain-shortened American League game Thursday.
The Red Sox scored at least 14 runs in back-to-back games for the first time since 1998. Boston has won 11 of 13.
Carl Crawford’s two-run triple gave the Red Sox a seven-run lead and chased Detroit starter Max Scherzer (6-2).
Alfredo Aceves (2-0) took the win in his second Boston start, allowing one run striking out six over six innings.
He has won his past 12 decisions, dating to 2009 when he was a Yankees reliever, for baseball’s longest winning streak since Cliff Lee with Cleveland three years ago.
Athletics 4 Angels 3: In Anaheim, Brett Anderson pitched eight scoreless innings to steer last-placed Oakland past Los Angeles.
Anderson (3-4) beat the Angels for the first time in six career starts.
Los Angeles’ runs came from a three-run homer with two outs in the ninth, but the hosts could not get a tying run.
Andy LaRoche drove in three runs for the A’s.
Angels starter Joel Pineiro (2-1) allowed 11 hits in 6 1-3 innings.
White Sox 3 Blue Jays 1:In Toronto, Juan Pierre’s ninth-inning infield single drove in the tiebreaking run as Chicago downed Toronto.
Pierre went 2 for 4 with two RBIs and extended his hitting streak to 11 games.
Jesse Crain (2-1) pitched a third of an inning for the win and White Sox closer Sergio Santos finished the ninth for his eighth save in nine opportunities.
Marc Rzepczynski (2-1) allowed two runs in one inning to take the loss for the Blue Jays, who have lost three straight.
Orioles 6 Royals 5, 12 innings: In Baltimore, Vladimir Guerrero singled home the winning run in the 12th inning to give Baltimore its season-high fifth straight victory, edging Kansas City.
Robert Andino led off the 12th with a single off Louis Coleman (0-2), the sixth Kansas City pitcher. After a pop out and an intentional walk, Guerrero hit a bouncing single up the middle to bring home Andino.
The Orioles squandered a bases-loaded, no-out situation in the 11th before coming through in the 12th.
Baltimore reliever Jeremy Accardo (3-1) worked two perfect innings for the victory.

