Teixeira homers, Pettitte pitches Yanks past Texas

Andy Pettitte (2-0) allowed four hits over eight innings as the Yankees won their fourth in a row, taking advantage of a wild Rich Harden (0-1) to hand Texas its fourth straight loss.
A notoriously slow starter, Teixeira hit a most-overdue homer. He shared the American League lead last year at 39 with Tampa Bay's Carlos Pena.
At Boston, Matt Garza pitched shutout ball for eight innings, and Carlos Pena and B.J. Upton each hit two-run homers as Tampa Bay continued its hot road start.
Tampa Bay is unbeaten away from Tropicana Field, winning six straight on the road during the current 10-game trip.
The club record for consecutive road victories in a season is seven.
Dustin Pedroia had a sacrifice fly for Boston, which has lost four in a row. Tampa Bays can close out the four-game sweep in the traditional Patriots Day game.
At Minneapolis, Alberto Callaspo had two home runs and a career-high six RBIs as Kansas City finally built a lead big enough for its struggling bullpen to preserve.
Josh Rupe struck out Jim Thome with the bases loaded and two outs in the seventh to preserve a two-run lead, and reliever Jesse Crain served up Callaspo's second three-run homer of the game in the ninth to put the game out of reach.
Carl Pavano (2-1) gave up seven runs on 11 hits in 3 1-3 innings against the team with the highest batting average in the American League. Luke Hochevar (2-0) gutted through six innings for the win, giving up three runs - two earned - on six hits.
In Cleveland, Choo Shin-soo hit a grand slam and drove in five runs to lead Cleveland to its first three-game home sweep of Chicago since May 2003.
Choo went 2 for 3 with a walk, hitting his second career slam in the second inning off Gavin Floyd (0-2). His first grand slam came against Boston's Josh Beckett on Aug. 3, 2006.
Fausto Carmona (2-0) gave up three runs over six innings for the Indians. Chris Perez came on with runners on first and third and one out in the ninth, giving up a sacrifice fly to Carlos Quentin before throwing a called third strike past Paul Konerko for his fourth save.
At Oakland, California, Ty Wigginton homered and drove in four runs to help Baltimore snap a nine-game skid and spoil Brett Anderson's first outing since receiving a hefty new contract.
The Orioles avoided their first four-game sweep in Oakland since Aug. 23-26, 2004, jumping on Anderson (1-1) two days after the A's gave the pitcher a $12.5 million, four-year contract.
Brian Matusz (2-0), like Anderson a hard-throwing lefty, delivered a much-needed morale boost for the struggling Orioles in his first career outing against Oakland. He struck out eight, allowing three runs on eight hits and one walk in 6 1-3 innings.
At Toronto, Ervin Santana came within one strike of a shutout as the Los Angeles Angels completed a three-game sweep, making them 6-7 after opening the season with six losses in eight games.
Hideki Matsui had a pair of doubles and an RBI for Los Angeles, while Santana (1-2) set down 17 in a row before Adam Lind homered to right on a 3-2 pitch with two outs in the ninth.
Toronto left-hander Ricky Romero (1-1), who took a no-hitter into the eighth in his last start, allowed one run and five hits in eight innings.
At Seattle, young right-hander Max Scherzer pitched six solid innings, Miguel Cabrera hit a three-run homer into the second deck as Detroit avoided a three-game sweep.
Scherzer (1-1), the Tigers' 25-year-old starter, gave up just a pair of runs and scattered six hits as the Tigers stopped Seattle's four-game win streak.
Cabrera gave Detroit an early lead, clubbing a three-run shot in the third off Seattle starter Ian Snell (0-2). It was his third homer of the season, the ball landing 403-feet away in the second level of seats in left field.