Red Sox 6, Devil Rays 0

St. Petersburg, Fla. – Tim Wakefield continued his dominance over Tampa Bay, allowing four hits over seven innings.

Wakefield improved to 19-2 – including a 9-0 mark at Tropicana Field – all-time against the Devil Rays. It’s the most wins by any Tampa Bay opponent. Wakefield (15-10) struck out five and walked one and moved into a tie for the major-league lead in wins this season.

The Devil Rays lost for the sixth time in eight games and fell to 47-77, two games worse than they were at this time last year.

Athletics 6, Blue Jays 4

Toronto – Jack Hannahan hit his first major-league home run, and Joe Blanton remained unbeaten in August for Oakland.

Nick Swisher also homered for Oakland, which has won six of eight. Swisher singled twice and went 3-for-4.

Blanton (11-8) allowed one run and six hits over seven innings, walking none and striking out six to improve to 3-0 with a 3.96 ERA in four August starts.

Angels 7, Yankees 6, 10 inn.

Anaheim, Calif. – Ryan Budde doubled in the winning run in the 10th inning, and Los Angeles beat New York.

Budde hit a 2-0 pitch from Sean Henn (2-1) into right-center to score Howie Kendrick, who had doubled to right with one out.

The AL West-leading Angels’ second straight victory kept them two games ahead of Seattle, which beat Minnesota 9-4.

Mariners 9, Twins 4

Minneapolis – Raul Ibanez homered twice and drove in three runs to lead Seattle to its fourth straight victory.

Richie Sexson and Kenji Johjima also went deep for the Mariners, who also have won seven of nine to improve to a season-high 18 games over .500.

Rangers, Orioles, ppd.

Baltimore – Monday night’s game between the Orioles and Rangers was postponed because of rain. Monday’s game will be made up Wednesday at 4:05 p.m. as the opener of a doubleheader.