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TORONTO — Derek Jeter hit a two-run homer, Andy Pettitte pitched seven strong innings to snap a four-start winless streak and the New York Yankees beat the Toronto Blue Jays 5-1 on Wednesday night.
Jeter’s homer in the fourth inning was his eighth of the season and 203rd of his career, moving him past Bill Dickey and into a tie with Roger Maris for 11th place on the Yankees’ all-time list.
He was 3-for-5 and is two hits shy of 2,500 for his career. He is batting .571 (16-for-27) over his past six games, including five multihit efforts.
Orioles 11, Red Sox 6
BALTIMORE — Ramon Hernandez and Melvin Mora hit three-run homers, and the Baltimore Orioles overcame an early deficit to beat the Boston Red Sox and avoid a three-game sweep.
Baltimore trailed 4-0 before scoring 10 straight runs against three Boston pitchers. Hernandez put the Orioles up 6-4 with a third-inning drive, and Mora’s 21st home run of the season made it 10-4 in the fourth.
Angels 5, Rays 4
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Given a final chance to extend his hitting streak to 23 games, Garret Anderson delivered for the Los Angeles Angels with a ninth-inning infield single that drove in the winning run in a 5-4 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays on Wednesday night.
Anderson struck out with the bases loaded in the seventh, when Los Angeles wasted an opportunity to break the game open. But he came through in the same situation in the ninth, after the Rays tied it 4-all on Carlos Pena’s RBI double off Jose Arredondo (5-1).
White Sox 15, Mariners 3
CHICAGO — Ken Griffey Jr. hit one of Chicago’s four homers to move into a tie with Sammy Sosa for fifth on the career list and the surging White Sox routed the Seattle Mariners.
Griffey’s two-run drive in the second inning was his first since Chicago acquired him from Cincinnati on July 31, and No. 609 for his career. The 13-time All-Star was just 9-for-43 with four RBIs and no extra-base hits for the White Sox entering the game.
Twins 3, Athletics 1
MINNEAPOLIS — Mike Redmond drove in two runs for the Minnesota Twins, who survived some wildness by Francisco Liriano and beat Oakland to send the Athletics to their 11th straight series defeat.
Indians 8, Royals 5
CLEVELAND — Franklin Gutierrez hit a three-run homer in a five-run eighth inning, and the Cleveland Indians rallied to defeat the Kansas City Royals.
Rangers 9, Tigers 1
ARLINGTON, Texas — Kevin Millwood scattered six hits in his second complete game of the season, and Josh Hamilton hit one of five homers off Detroit starter Nate Robertson in the Texas Rangers’ 9-1 victory Wednesday night.