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By The Associated Press
CHICAGO (AP) -Rookie John Danks outpitched Mike Mussina and A.J. Pierzynski hit a tie-breaking homer in the sixth inning Wednesday as Chicago beat New York 5-3 in the first game of a day-night doubleheader.
Paul Konerko also homered for Chicago, and Bobby Abreu and Josh Phelps connected for the Yankees in the makeup of Tuesday night’s rainout.
Pierzynski hit his sixth homer to put the White Sox ahead 3-2. One out later, Jermaine Dye doubled, Rob Mackowiak was hit by a pitch and Joe Crede delivered an RBI single to finish Mussina (2-2). Tadahito Iguchi’s sacrifice fly off Luis Vizcaino made it 5-2.
Mussina gave up eight hits and five runs in 5 1-3 innings. Danks (2-4) won his second straight start, allowing seven hits and two runs in 6 1-3 innings.
Indians 7, Twins 1
CLEVELAND (AP) – C.C. Sabathia pitched eight sharp innings and Trot Nixon drove in three runs for Cleveland.
Sabathia (6-1) allowed five hits, struck out five, walked one and hit a batter. Minnesota’s only run came on Nick Punto’s single in the second.
Nixon drove in two runs with a bases-loaded single in the fifth and added a sacrifice fly in the seventh.
Grady Sizemore, who has six hits in his last nine at-bats, scored three runs and stole two bases for Cleveland. He has been successful in all 14 of his steal attempts this season.
Travis Hafner drove in two runs for the Indians.
Twins starter Carlos Silva (2-4) allowed five runs in six innings. The right-hander has lost his last three starts with the Twins scoring one run in them.
Blue Jays 2, Orioles 1
TORONTO (AP) – A.J. Burnett pitched a three-hitter with 10 strikeouts and Troy Glaus singled home the go-ahead run as Toronto completed its first three-game sweep of the season.
Burnett (4-3) walked two in his 17th career complete game. He also struck out 10 in his previous start, a 5-1 victory over Tampa Bay that ended Toronto’s nine-game losing streak. It was the first time this year he has won consecutive starts.
Brian Burres (1-2) gave up two runs and seven hits in five-plus innings for Baltimore, which lost its fifth straight, matching its longest skid of the year.
Glaus played a key part in the sweep. He won the opener Monday with a two-run homer off Danys Baez and singled home the go-ahead run off Daniel Cabrera in the second game Tuesday.
Alex Rios and Vernon Wells singled in the fifth before Glaus’ single put the Blue Jays ahead.
Devil Rays 11, Rangers 8
KISSIMMEE, Fla. (AP) – Carl Crawford tripled with the bases loaded and Delmon Young drove in three runs to lead Tampa Bay.
Sammy Sosa hit his 597th homer in the fourth for the Rangers, who led 6-4 before the Devil Rays scored six runs in the fifth – the last three on Crawford’s third triple of the season.
Sosa’s two-run shot off Casey Fossum (3-3) was his ninth of the year and extended his major league record for most ballparks homered in to 45. Victor Diaz and Mark Teixeira also homered off Fossum, who allowed six runs and nine hits in five innings.
Al Reyes pitched the ninth for the Devil Rays, picking up his 12th save in 12 opportunities.
The loss was the seventh in nine games for the Rangers. Vicente Padilla (1-6) gave up a first-pitch, leadoff homer to Elijah Dukes and allowed eight runs and 12 hits in four-plus innings.
The second night of a three-game series the Devil Rays moved to Disney to step up marketing efforts in the Orlando area drew a crowd of 8,839, slightly more than the opener.
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