DETROIT — Miguel Cabrera homered twice, and Justin Verlander pitched his fifth complete game to help the Detroit Tigers beat the Minnesota Twins 5-1 on Wednesday night.
In a game delayed two hours and 26 minutes by rain, Cabrera went 3-for-3, drove in three runs and scored three. He was intentionally walked in his other plate appearance as the Tigers ended Minnesota’s five-game winning streak.
Verlander (9-5) made his case for starting in the All-Star game, allowing four hits and a walk on the seventh anniversary of his debut. He struck out seven.
WHITE SOX 5, RANGERS 4
CHICAGO — Kevin Youkilis hit a game-ending RBI single in the bottom of the 10th inning for Chicago.
In the 10th inning, Alejandro De Aza, who fouled a ball off his right knee during the at-bat, led off the inning with a walk against Rangers reliever Mike Adams (1-3) then stole second. On the ninth pitch, Youkilis ended the game with an RBI single to score De Aza and prompting the crowd to shout “Youuuuk!” for the player acquired in a trade from the Red Sox on June 24.
ATHLETICS 3, RED SOX 2
OAKLAND, Calif. — Jemile Weeks hit a go-ahead RBI single in the seventh following Coco Crisp’s leadoff triple for Oakland, which completed a three-game sweep.
Red Sox slugger David Ortiz hit his 400th career home run and scored on Adrian Gonzalez’s sixth-inning single.
Grant Balfour (2-2) went 1 2/3 innings for the win as the A’s (41-42) moved within one game of .500 for the first time since they were 22-23 on May 23. Lone A’s All-Star Ryan Cook finished with a 1-2-3 ninth for his eighth save in 11 chances.
Aaron Cook (2-2), coming off a career-best two-hit shutout in a 5-0 win at Seattle on Friday in which he didn’t walk a batter for the second straight outing, was tagged for nine hits and three runs in six-plus innings.
INDIANS 12, ANGELS 3
CLEVELAND — Derek Lowe won for the first time in more than a month, and the Indians beat the Los Angeles Angels 12-3 Wednesday.
Lowe (8-6) gave up three runs and 11 hits in six innings for his first win in six starts since June 1. The 39-year-old right-hander was 0-3 with a 7.71 ERA in five outings between victories.
Michael Brantley hit a three-run homer in the first inning off Ervin Santana (4-9) and Casey Kotchman had a three-run shot in a six-run second as Cleveland took a 9-1 lead.
YANKEES 4, RAYS 3
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Robinson Cano hit a two-run single during a three-run eighth.
Cano has driven in at least one run in a career-best eight consecutive games, helping the AL East leaders stop a nine-game road losing streak against the Rays.
Alex Rodriguez cut the Yankees’ deficit to 3-2 when he drew a one-out bases-loaded walk, the fourth freebie issued by Kyle Farnsworth (0-1) in the eighth. Jake McGee replaced Farnsworth and allowed Cano’s single that put New York up 4-3.
ORIOLES 4, MARINERS 2
SEATTLE — Chris Tillman gave up just two hits in 8 1/3 innings in first start of 2012, and Adam Jones hit his 20th home run of the season for Baltimore.
Jones’ homer leading off the second inning came on a 2-0 pitch from Seattle starter Hector Noesi (2-11) and landed well back in the upper level seats. That was all Tillman needed, as the one-time Seattle prospect shut down his former organization after getting called up from the minors.
BLUE JAYS 4, ROYALS 1
TORONTO — Carlos Villanueva pitched six shutout innings, and Yunel Escobar drove in two runs for Toronto.
Every Blue Jays starter had at least one hit as Toronto won for the fourth time in six games. The Blue Jays are 6-1 against Kansas City this season and have won nine of the past 12 meetings dating to 2011.
