Pena picks up first win with Royals

CLEVELAND -- Paul Byrd became the AL's second seven-game winner, pitching the Kansas City Royals past the Cleveland Indians 6-2 Friday night for Tony Pena's first victory as manager.

Pena, who was named Royals manager Wednesday, won at the ballpark where he had one of his greatest moments as a player -- a game-winning homer in the 13th inning of Game 1 of the 1995 AL division series against Boston.

Byrd (7-2) allowed five hits in eight innings and beat the Indians for the second time in six days to join Chicago's Mark Buehrle for the league lead in wins. He threw a season-high 125 pitches.

Angels 8, White Sox 4

CHICAGO -- Scott Spiezio homered and drove in three runs to lead Anaheim to its eighth straight victory.

The Angels, on their second eight-game winning streak since April 24, won for the 17th time in 19 games.

Scott Schoeneweis (3-4) won despite allowing four runs and nine hits in five innings. Al Levine pitched two innings for his fourth save in six chances.

Jon Garland (4-3) forced in the tying and go-ahead runs with consecutive bases-loaded walks in a three-run fifth. Spiezio had an RBI single in the inning, and a two-run homer in the eighth against Bob Howry. Troy Glaus added a solo homer in the eighth off Keith Foulke.

Mariners 6, Red Sox 3

BOSTON -- Jeff Cirillo's two-run single broke a sixth-inning tie as the Seattle Mariners rallied past the Boston Red Sox 6-3 Friday night in the opener of a three-game series between baseball's top teams.

Seattle overcame a 3-0 deficit on Ichiro Suzuki's two-run double in the fourth and a three-run sixth capped by the bases-loaded hit by Cirillo, whose error led to a run that had put Boston ahead.

Their sixth run scored on Ben Davis' sacrifice fly in the seventh off Rolando Arrojo (2-1). He replaced Darren Oliver with the Red Sox leading 3-2 after five and allowed four runs in 2 1-3 innings.

Tigers 6, Rangers 3

DETROIT -- Robert Fick homered twice, and Dmitri Young and Wendell Magee also connected to lead the Detroit Tigers over the Texas Rangers 6-3 Friday night, stopping a seven-game losing streak.

Juan Gonzalez of the Rangers was activated before the game and was 1-for-4 with two strikeouts. Gonzalez had been on the disabled list since April 10 because of torn muscle fibers in his right hand.

Blue Jays 7, Athletics 1

TORONTO -- Roy Halladay won his second straight start against Oakland and Shannon Stewart hit a three-run homer as the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Athletics 7-1 Friday night.

The Blue Jays won for just the third time in their last 12 games at SkyDome, where they are 6-14.

Oakland has lost seven of its last 10 road games and 11 of 14 overall

Halladay (4-1) allowed one run and seven hits in 7 2-3 innings. On May 12, the 25-year-old right-hander, who was in A-ball a year ago, gave up two runs in 7 1-3 innings in an 11-4 victory over the A's.