Blue Jays win second straight after breaking Red Sox hex

TORONTO -- Chris Carpenter pitched seven sharp innings, and Eric Hinske went 4-for-4 to lead the Toronto Blue Jays over the Boston Red Sox 4-1 Saturday.

Carlos Delgado, Josh Phelps and Hinske hit RBI doubles for the Blue Jays, who have won two in a row against Boston after losing 11 consecutive games to the Red Sox this season.

Carpenter (2-1), making his seventh start of the season, allowed just four hits.

Tigers 5-3,White Sox 3-1

DETROIT -- Bobby Higginson hit a two-run homer as Detroit completed their first doubleheader sweep in nearly nine years.

Carlos Pena hit a tiebreaking RBI single in the eighth inning and drove in three runs to lift the Tigers to a victory in the first game. It was Detroit's first doubleheader sweep since Sept. 26, 1993, at Baltimore.

Devil Rays 4, Mariners 3

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Ben Grieve singled through a drawn-in infield with the bases loaded in the 10th inning as Tampa Bay snapped an eight-game losing streak with a victory over Seattle.

Ichiro Suzuki homered twice in a game for the first time for Seattle, going deep on the first pitch of the game and hitting another solo shot off Tanyon Sturtze in the third inning.

Royals 4, Angels 0

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Paul Byrd pitched a three-hitter for his second shutout of the season and Carlos Beltran homered to lead Kansas City past Anaheim.

Byrd (12-6) retired the last 13 Angels batters to tie for the AL lead in wins. Beltran also singled, doubled and drove in two runs as Kansas City won for just the second time in nine games.

Athletics 6, Orioles 0

BALTIMORE -- Barry Zito pitched seven innings of three-hit ball and Miguel Tejada hit a three-run homer as Oakland cruised to its fourth straight victory.

Olmedo Saenz also homered and Jermaine Dye had three hits for the A's, who have outscored Baltimore 11-1 in the four-game series that concludes Sunday.

Zito (12-3) struck out three, walked three and allowed only one runner past second base to tie for the AL lead in wins.

Yankees 14, Indians 5

CLEVELAND -- Jorge Posada hit a grand slam and drove in a career-high six runs, and Alfonso Soriano had two home runs and four RBIs to power New York Yankees over Cleveland.

Soriano hit the second pitch of the game by Ryan Drese (8-7) into the left-field bleachers for his 21st homer. He added a three-run shot off Drese on an 0-2 count during a seven-run second.

Posada hit his second grand slam of the season and fifth of his career to highlight a five-run fifth off reliever Jake Westbrook.

Rangers 8, Twins 1

MINNEAPOLIS -- Alex Rodriguez homered and drove in three runs, Rafael Palmeiro had four RBIs and Kenny Rogers extended his dominance of Minnesota as Texas cruised to a victory.

-- From wire reports