OAKLAND, CALIF. ? White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen and umpire Hunter Wendelstedt insist there’s no personal grudge between them.

Yet after all the crazy plays, unlikely stars and general strangeness of the Oakland Athletics’ 2-1 victory over Chicago on Wednesday, Guillen’s latest confrontation with Wendelstedt still was the talk of both locker rooms.

Wendelstedt ejected Guillen for arguing in the ninth inning after ruling that Chicago’s Joe Crede made no effort to avoid getting hit by Justin Duchscherer’s pitch with two runners on and two outs in a 1-1 game. After Crede popped up on the next pitch, he also was tossed by Wendelstedt.

The umpire and the manager have a history: Guillen was hit with consecutive two-game suspensions last August following a confrontation with Wendelstedt — the first for arguing a call in a game against Cleveland, and the second for calling Wendelstedt a liar because of remarks in the umpire’s report on the incident.

Their disagreement in Oakland didn’t decide the game, won by Marco Scutaro’s RBI single in the ninth. But the White Sox still were scratching their heads over Wendelstedt’s judgment call, while the A’s were thrilled to see an umpire make such a ruling.

“It can go either way,” Guillen said. “There’s no place to win. It was the same (umpire) last year … and (this time) he said (Crede) stuck his arm into the ball. Maybe I just need to stay here a long time to earn respect. He said he thought he leaned in. But I have respect for them.”

Guillen has been ejected three times in his managing career — two by Wendelstedt.

In the umpires’ locker room, Wendelstedt cited the rulebook case study for his call, and crew chief Bruce Froemming supported him.

“There’s no carryover whatsoever (from last season),” Froemming said.

Rangers 8, Mariners 2

Arlington, Texas — Kenny Rogers allowed just two singles over six shutout innings and finally received some run support from the Texas hitters for his first victory of the year.

Rogers (1-2) needed five starts to get his first win as a 40-year-old pitcher.

Blue Jays 8, Devil Rays 2

Toronto — Rookie left-hander Gustavo Chacin improved to 4-1, limiting Tampa Bay to two runs and seven hits in 72/3 innings for Toronto. Chacin struck out three and walked two in lowering his earned-run average to 2.48. Alex Rios tripled twice and drove in two runs for the Blue Jays.

Angels 5, Yankees 1

New York — Steve Finley and Garret Anderson homered off struggling Mike Mussina, and Los Angeles limited Alex Rodriguez to a solo home run. A night after Rodriguez had three homers off Bartolo Colon and 10 RBIs in all, Jarrod Washburn (1-0) and his bullpen allowed A-Rod to come up with just two runners on base. Rodriguez homered in the fourth inning and hit a hard single off the glove of third baseman Dallas McPherson with a runner on second base in the sixth.

Tigers 10, Indians 3

Cleveland — Craig Monroe hit a two-run homer to highlight a six-run third inning, Jeremy Bonderman pitched eight effective innings, and Detroit beat Cleveland.