AL report: Another walk-off homer, no Angels hurt

Angels 9, Mariners 7Howie Kendrick hit his second home run of the game with two outs and two on in the bottom of the ninth inning, a day after the Angels' Kendry Morales broke his leg while celebrating a winning grand slam. "Fortunately, we got through this celebration unscathed," said manager Mike Scioscia, who created rules about frenzied pileups after Morales' injury. Hideki Matsui hit a two-run homer for the Angels.

White Sox 8, Rays 5Jayson Nix hit his first career grand slam to give visiting Chicago a 7-3 lead in the sixth. Ben Zobrist homered and had two RBIs for the Rays.

Red Sox 8, Royals 1David Ortiz hit his 11th homer of the season, Mike Cameron doubled twice and Jon Lester pitched seven strong innings for host Boston.

Tigers 10, Athletics 2Max Scherzer struck out 14 in 5 2/3 shutout innings for host Detroit hours after he was recalled from Triple-A Toledo. He allowed two hits, walked four and hit a batter. Said losing pitcher Dallas Braden, "We were going against a team that had just woke up Cy Young and brought him to the park.'' Miguel Cabrera had four hits and four RBIs for the Tigers.

Blue Jays 6, Orioles 1Jose Bautista hit his major league-leading 16th homer and Ricky Romero threw a six-hitter as host Toronto finished off the three-game sweep.

Twins 6, Rangers 3Denard Span had two hits and an RBI and made a lunging catch while colliding with Orlando Hudson to end the game as host Minnesota completed a three-game sweep. - AP