RESULTS

at Toronto 3, Detroit 2: Dustin McGowan won for the first time this season. He pitched a season-high seven innings, yielding two runs and seven hits. The 26-year-old right-hander improved to 9-3 in his last 14 starts at Rogers Centre. “Their guy was real good,” Tigers Manager Jim Leyland said. “We didn’t get a whole lot. We had a couple of chances and we couldn’t get a big hit.” The Tigers are 0-10 when they score four runs or less.

at Minnesota 3, Cleveland 0: Justin Morneau hit a two-run homer in the first inning and Nick Blackburn made it stand up with 7 2/3 solid innings. Blackburn, who hit one batter and gave up eight hits without a walk, earned his first major league win. “I felt we put up some good at-bats, the type of at-bats where you wouldn’t expect a zero to be up there,” Cleveland Manager Eric Wedge said.

at Boston 5, Texas 3: Manny Ramirez hit a two-run homer after David Ortiz tied the score with an RBI single in the eighth inning. With one out, Dustin Pedroia doubled to left. Ortiz followed with a single off the glove of diving second baseman Ian Kinsler, scoring Pedroia. Ramirez then hit an 0-1 pitch over the left-field wall for his sixth homer of the season and 496th of his career.

at Baltimore 6, New York 0: Brian Burres and Jim Johnson combined on a six-hitter. Burres gave up five hits and four walks in 5 2/3 innings, and Johnson yielded just one hit the rest of the way to pick up the first save of his career. Ian Kennedy (0-2) had another rough outing for the Yankees, giving up four runs and five hits with five walks to raise his earned-run average to 9.64.

at Oakland 6, Kansas City 5: Daric Barton, whose leadoff double keyed a three-run fifth inning, singled and scored the tying run in the sixth, then hit a run-scoring triple in the seventh.

at Tampa Bay 5, Chicago 0: White Sox designated hitter Jim Thome grounded out in all three plate appearances. He had reached base safely in all of his previous 26 games at Tropicana Field.

at Angels 4, Seattle 1: Ervin Santana improved his home record to 26-9.