Angels end Mariners' winning streak

SEATTLE -- Bengie Molina hit a tiebreaking single in the eighth inning as the Anaheim Angels beat the Seattle Mariners 6-3 Thursday night, ending a seven-game winning streak for the newly crowned AL West champions.

Seattle (106-41), which clinched the division title Wednesday, kept five regulars out of their starting lineup.

Anaheim, 4-13 against Seattle this season, stopped a five-game losing streak. Molina's single off John Halama (10-7) broke a 3-all tie after Tim Salmon doubled and Adam Kennedy sacrificed.

Shigetoshi Hasegawa (5-4) pitched two scoreless innings and Troy Percival got three outs for his 39th save in 42 chances.

WHITE SOX 7, YANKEES 5

CHICAGO -- Josh Paul hit a go-ahead two-run double after an intentional walk loaded the bases and Chicago rallied to beat New York.

The Yankees' magic number for clinching the AL East remained at five after they had a six-game winning streak snapped.

With the game tied at 4, Jose Canseco walked and Carlos Lee doubled in the sixth off Andy Pettitte (15-10). One later, the Yankees decided to intentionally walk Royce Clayton to load the bases.

Paul then sent a two-run double over Gerald Williams' head in center to put the White Sox ahead 6-4 before Ray Durham's sacrifice fly made it a three-run advantage.

Sean Lowe (8-4) got the win with 1 1-3 innings of one-run relief. Keith Foulke earned his 39th save in 42 chances.

ROYALS 4, INDIANS 2

CLEVELAND -- Rookie Chris George allowed four hits in seven-plus innings to slow Cleveland's playoff push Thursday night.

George (4-5) allowed a pair of singles in the third inning, and retired 11 in a row before Marty Cordova homered to open the eighth. Roberto Hernandez pitched the ninth for his 24th save in 29 tries.

Cleveland's magic number stayed at 10 for clinching the AL Central.

TWINS 3, TIGERS 0

MINNEAPOLIS -- Joe Mays beat Detroit for the fifth time this season, throwing a six-hitter for Minnesota.

Mays (16-13) allowed only six singles and improved to 5-0 with a 1.13 ERA against the Tigers this season. Jacque Jones hit his second homer in as many games to give Mays all the run support he would need.

Jose Lima (4-8) took the loss despite limiting the Twins to three runs -- one earned -- and five hits in 7 2-3 innings.

RED SOX 2, DEVIL RAYS 1

BOSTON -- Calvin Pickering homered and started the go-ahead rally with a single as he led Boston to the win in his first start for the Red Sox

ORIOLES 12, BLUE JAYS 6

TORONTO -- Pinch-hitter Tony Batista helped end a 10-game losing streak with a go-ahead, three-run homer against his former team as Baltimore beat Toronto.

-- From wire reports