Armando Galarraga, the centerpiece of a national story when a blown call against Cleveland last week spoiled a perfect game, had a relatively uneventful night. He gave up a leadoff single to Juan Pierre in the first after being cheered on his way to the mound and allowed two runs and seven hits in five innings.
Brad Thomas (3-0) two scoreless innings for the win. Matt Thornton (2-3) took the loss.
At Florida, struggling slugger Carlos Pena homered twice and drove in five runs to back unbeaten Jeff Niemann's two-hit pitching as Tampa Bay beat Toronto.
Pena hit a solo shot off Brian Tallet (1-2) and a grand slam off Rommie Lewis, giving him three homers in his last two games as he tries to hit his way out of a season-long slump.
Niemann (6-0) didn't allow a runner past first base, limiting the Blue Jays to singles by Mike McCoy in the sixth inning and Adam Lind in the seventh en route to his third career shutout. Niemann, who walked one and struck out six, retired his last nine batters.
Evan Longoria and Willy Aybar drove in two runs apiece for the Rays, who have won 11 of 13 against the Blue Jays at Tropicana Field over the past two seasons.
At Baltimore, Curtis Granderson hit a grand slam, Nick Swisher homered and drove in five runs, and New York cruised past Baltimore.
Mark Teixeira also connected for the Yankees, who led 6-0 in the third inning and used a six-run seventh to make it 12-3. Teixeira, who came in batting .211, went 3 for 4 with two walks.
New York is 9-1 against the Orioles this season. The Yankees have won 13 of their last 17 in Baltimore.
Baltimore is 1-3 under interim manager Juan Samuel and has been outscored 31-9 in the three defeats.
Phil Hughes (8-1) gave up three runs in six innings to earn his second victory over the Orioles in a week. His eight wins is tied for the AL lead and matches his career high.
Kevin Millwood (0-7) allowed six runs, 10 hits and five walks in 5 2-3 innings.
At Cleveland, Tim Wakefield bounced back from two rough outings and became Boston's career leader in innings pitched, leading the Red Sox over Cleveland.
Wakefield (2-4) gave up four hits and one earned run in 7 1-3 innings to reach 2,777 innings with Boston, one more than Roger Clemens worked in a Red Sox uniform.
The 43-year-old knuckleballer retired 15 in a row during one stretch and left after yielding a pinch-hit double to Travis Hafner. Daniel Bard worked the ninth for his second save.
Wakefield struck out six without a walk. Boston starters are 9-0 with a 0.75 ERA in their last 10 road games.
The Red Sox have won 17 of 20 against Cleveland since trailing the Indians 3-1 in the 2007 AL championship series, then rallying to win the AL pennant and the World Series.
Boston got three unearned runs in the fourth off David Huff (2-7).
At Texas, Colby Lewis allowed four hits over seven innings and Vladimir Guerrero homered to help Texas beat Felix Hernandez.
Lewis (5-4) had lost four of his previous five decisions before getting back on track against Seattle. Elvis Andrus went 3 for 5 with two RBIs for Texas, who ended a two-game skid.
Guerrero's two-run shot in the seventh was his team-high 13th, stretching Texas' lead to 7-1 and chasing Hernandez (3-5), who went 19-5 and was the AL Cy Young Award runner-up in 2009.
Josh Hamilton had a two-run double in the first.
At Minnesota, Zack Greinke was hit hard again, and Kansas City never recovered from its first-inning deficit in a loss to Kevin Slowey and Minnesota.
Slowey (7-3) allowed three hits — none until the fifth. He tossed seven shutout innings, his first outing without an earned run in 39 starts since July 28, 2008.
Jason Kubel homered, and his two-run double in the first gave the Twins a 3-0 lead. Denard Span added a two-run single in the fourth. Matt Guerrier got one out for his first save after right fielder Michael Cuddyer dropped a routine fly ball and Jose Mijares gave up two unearned runs.
Greinke (1-8) needed 102 pitches to get through five innings, allowing nine hits and six runs. His 4.05 ERA is the highest it's been since Aug. 9, 2008.
At Oakland, Kurt Suzuki went 4 for 5 with a homer and four RBIs to help Vin Mazzaro get the win in his second start of the season, and Oakland snapped Los Angeles' six-game winning streak.
Ryan Sweeney added three hits and scored three times, and Jack Cust hit a two-run homer for the Athletics, who had lost six straight home games to their AL West rivals before breaking through against Jered Weaver (5-3) and the bullpen.
The strong outing by Mazzaro (2-0) in place of injured Brett Anderson was a big reason for Oakland's success. The A's put the game away with four runs in the seventh and three in the eighth.
