Boston ? Pedro Martinez had no trouble with his sore leg — or the Texas Rangers.

The three-time Cy Young winner allowed five hits in six shutout innings to rebound from a poor outing, and the Boston Red Sox beat Texas, 12-3, Thursday night to complete a three-game sweep.

Martinez (4-2) struck out eight and walked one before leaving with a 10-0 lead. Only one Rangers baserunner reached third against him.

“Giving Pedro that many runs, it can demoralize a team,” Boston catcher Jason Varitek said.

Martinez, who is not speaking to reporters, felt a pain in his groin during his previous outing, when he allowed five runs and eight hits in a 5-0 loss at Minnesota last Friday. Red Sox manager Grady Little said his ace threw on the side Tuesday and had no trouble.

“If we thought he was going to favor his groin, we would not have put him out there,” Little said. “We have a tendency to overreact because this guy is a special pitcher. He means so much to this ballclub … and he has earned the right to have some overreaction to anything that concerns him.”

Alan Benes (0-2) allowed six runs on seven hits and two walks before leaving with nobody out in the fourth. It was his second start since being acquired from the Chicago Cubs; in both games he pitched a pair of scoreless innings before struggling.

Boston scored two in the third when Nomar Garciaparra’s popup fell in front of right fielder Carl Everett and bounced past him for a triple. In the fourth, the Red Sox strung together three consecutive singles before a two-run triple by Bill Mueller chased Benes.

Jason Varitek singled off Todd Van Poppel and Johnny Damon walked before Todd Walker hit into a double play. But Manny Ramirez singled to score Varitek and make it 7-0.

Boston's Pedro Martinez delivers against Texas. Martinez pitched six shutout innings as the Red Sox rolled past the Rangers, 12-3, Thursday night in Boston.

In the sixth, Damon tripled, Walker doubled and Garciaparra hit a run-scoring double with one out.

Mariners 9, Indians 1

Cleveland — Edgar Martinez hit a three-run homer and three Seattle pitchers took a shutout into the seventh inning as the Mariners beat Cleveland. Martinez homered in the first inning off Jake Westbrook (2-3) and added a sacrifice fly in the eighth for the Mariners, who were already up 7-0 in the fourth when thunderstorms and steady rain caused a two-hour, 28-minute delay.

Seattle improved to 5-1 against Cleveland this season and 12-3 vs. AL Central teams.

Randy Winn and Jeff Cirillo had two RBIs apiece for the Mariners.

Giovanni Carrara (2-0) allowed three hits in three scoreless innings and recorded the first decision for Seattle’s bullpen since April 22.

Yankees 10, Angels 4

New York — Last-minute replacement Todd Zeile homered and made a tumbling catch as New York broke a three-game losing streak. Arturo Moreno, whose $184 million purchase of the Angels was approved earlier in the day, had barely settled into his box seat next to the Anaheim dugout when New York’s Alfonso Soriano hit a leadoff home run.

It didn’t get any better for Moreno, either, in the highest-scoring game against the World Series champion Angels this season.

Derek Jeter doubled twice, Bernie Williams hit a pair of RBI singles and Raul Mondesi scored two runs as the Yankees took a 10-1 lead after four innings. Zeile played in place of Nick Johnson.

White Sox 8, Orioles 2

Chicago — Bartolo Colon allowed five hits before he was ejected in the ninth inning, and Magglio Ordonez keyed a six-run seventh with a bases-loaded triple as Chicago beat Baltimore. The victory gave the White Sox a three-game sweep and brought them back to .500 for the first time in 12 days. The Orioles have lost five straight.

Frank Thomas homered, singled and drew a key bases-loaded walk to force in the go-ahead run in the seventh.

Colon (4-3) walked one and struck out five and was on his way to a complete game before he hit Orioles leadoff batter Jerry Hairston with a pitch to start the ninth. Plate umpire Terry Craft had warned both dugouts in the eighth after Baltimore reliever Jorge Julio hit Ordonez in the back with a pitch, so Colon was tossed when he plunked Hairston with his second pitch.

Devil Rays 9, Blue Jays 5

Toronto — Toby Hall’s two-run double and Rocco Baldelli’s two-run single highlighted a six-run second inning that sent Tampa Bay past Toronto. Baldelli went 2-for-5, raising his average to .352. The 21-year-old rookie center fielder entered the day tied for the most hits in the majors with 55.

Vernon Wells homered for the Blue Jays, who fell to 2-4 against Tampa Bay this season. Wells has a team-high 39 RBIs.

Jesus Colome (1-1) pitched 3 2/3 scoreless innings for the win.

Athletics 11, Tigers 2

Detroit — Eric Byrnes hit a three-run triple in Oakland’s six-run first and Barry Zito pitched six strong innings to lead the Athletics past Detroit. The A’s, who held Detroit to five hits, won their eighth straight series and 11th of 13. Oakland (25-15) has its best record after 40 games since 1990.

Detroit, a major league-worst 9-29, had won six of its nine previous games.

Zito (6-3) allowed two runs — one earned — four hits and one walk.