AL roundup: Guerrero's single in 12th lifts Orioles over the Royals
BALTIMORE - Vladimir Guerrero drove in Robert Andino with a single in the 12th inning, sending the Baltimore Orioles to a 6-5 victory over the Kansas City Royals on Thursday for their season-high fifth straight victory.
Nolan Reimold had four hits, including two homers, and four RBIs for the Orioles, who squandered a bases-loaded, no-out situation in the 11th before coming through in the 12th.
Andino led off the inning with a single off Louis Coleman (0-2), the sixth Royals pitcher. Adam Jones popped out and Nick Markakis was intentionally walked before Guerrero hit a bouncing single up the middle to score the decisive run.
Chris Getz three hits for Royals, who dropped their fifth game in a row.
� Red Sox 14, Tigers 1, 8 innings
DETROIT - Jacoby Ellsbury hit a three-run homer in a five-run second inning, and the hot-hitting Boston Red Sox went on to rout the Detroit Tigers in an eight-inning, rain-shortened game.
The Red Sox, who beat Cleveland 14-2 on Wednesday, scored at least 14 runs in back-to-back games for the first time since 1998. Boston has won 11 of 13 and trail the AL East-leading New York Yankees by percentage points.
Carl Crawford's two-run triple gave the Red Sox a seven-run lead and chased Max Scherzer.
Alfredo Aceves (2-0) allowed a run on five hits and struck out six over six innings. Aceves made his second start with Boston and the seventh of his career.
� Athletics 4, Angels 3
ANAHEIM, Calif. - Brett Anderson tossed three-hit ball over eight scoreless innings and Adam LaRoche drove in three runs to help the last-place Oakland Athletics beat the Los Angeles Angels.
The A's split their four-game series with the second-place Angels, who fell to 4-7 in their past 11 games.
Anderson (3-4) struck out four and walked three to beat the Angels for the first time in six career starts. The left-hander had been 0-3 in his previous five starts. Anderson finally got some run support from his teammates, who had supplied two runs or less in seven of his previous 10 starts this season.
Grant Balfour gave up a three-run homer to Mark Trumbo with two outs in the ninth.
� White Sox 3, Blue Jays 1
TORONTO - Juan Pierre's ninth-inning infield single drove in the tiebreaking run and the Chicago White Sox beat the Toronto Blue Jays.
The White Sox, who had won just two of their previous 12 games in Toronto, posted their 13th victory in the last 19 overall.
Pierre went 2 for 4 with two RBIs and extended his hitting streak to 11 games.
Jesse Crain (2-1) pitched one-third of an inning for the win and Sergio Santos finished the ninth for his eighth save in nine opportunities.
Marc Rzepczynski (2-1) allowed two runs, none earned, in one inning for his first loss of the season.
Yunel Escobar homered, his fifth, for the Blue Jays, who have lost three straight and six of nine.