Red Sox bats keep Martinez perfect

BOSTON -- Manny Ramirez homered twice, and Jose Offerman went 4-for-4 Wednesday night to salvage another rough outing at Fenway Park for Pedro Martinez and lead the Boston Red Sox to a 15-3 victory over the Baltimore Orioles.

Martinez (4-0) allowed three runs in five innings, giving up six hits and two walks while striking out five. He is 1-0 with a 9.45 ERA in three starts at home this year, and 3-0 with a 0.00 ERA in three road starts.

Sean Douglass (0-1) allowed four earned runs on five hits and three walks.

Angels 7, Indians 2

CLEVELAND -- Jarrod Washburn (3-2) allowed two runs and five hits in seven innings as Anaheim won its sixth straight.

Just one night after a 21-2 loss to Anaheim -- the Indians' worst ever in the nine-year history of Jacobs Field -- Cleveland lost its fourth in a row and fell to 2-13 following an 11-1 start. The crowd of 23,536 was the smallest for the ballpark, which opened in 1994.

Tigers 7, Royals 6

DETROIT -- Shane Halter hit a three-run homer and Wendell Magee had three hits and two RBIs, including a go-ahead single in the seventh off Cory Bailey (0-3).

Detroit (9-17), which had held a share of the AL Central cellar since the start of the season, moved past Kansas City (8-17), which dropped to 0-2 under interim manager John Mizerock.

Jamie Walker (1-0) pitched 1 1-3 scoreless innings, and Juan Acevedo got six outs for Detroit's first save this season.

Rangers 8, Blue Jays 1

TORONTO -- Dave Burba (2-0) pitched a four-hitter for his first complete since last June 23 and struck out nine, extending the Rangers' winning streak to a season-high four -- their longest since they took five straight last July 24-27.

Rusty Greer went 4-for-5 and Alex Rodriguez hit his 10th homer and drove in three runs. Toronto has lost seven straight, its longest slide since Aug. 12-18, 1999.

Athletics 4, Yankees 1

NEW YORK -- Jermaine Dye hit his first home run since shattering his left leg in Game 4 in the first round of the playoffs against the Yankees last season.

Erik Hiljus (3-1) struck out nine in five innings, and Billy Koch pitched the ninth for his sixth save.

Mike Mussina (3-2) lost to Oakland for the second time in a week.

Twins 5, Devil Rays 3

MINNEAPOLIS -- Tom Prince hit a two-run homer to back Rick Reed (3-1), who struck out seven -- his most in 18 starts for Minnesota. Reed allowed three runs and eight hits in six innings.

Greg Vaughn ended an 0-for-34 slump with a double and a single for Tampa Bay -- raising his average 17 points to .116. He is homerless in a career-high 174 at-bats since last Aug. 5 against Chicago.

Corey Koskie had a pair of doubles and two RBIs for the Twins, who overcame a 3-0 deficit against Tanyon Sturtze (0-3). Tampa Bay has lost six straight.

-- From wire reports