Rays 6, Angels 4

St. Petersburg, Fla. – Cliff Floyd and Eric Hinske hit two-run homers for Tampa Bay, helping Andy Sonnanstine get his 13th win in a victory over the Angels on Monday night.

The first-place Rays won for the eighth time in 10 games, holding off the team with baseball’s best record despite another base-running gaffe by B.J. Upton, who has been benched three times in the past two weeks for not hustling.

The speedy center fielder was caught jogging on the bases again and thrown out at second on what should have been a routine double. But unlike last Friday in Texas, Upton wasn’t removed from the game by manager Joe Maddon.

Sonnanstine (13-6) allowed three runs and five hits in 51â3 innings to pull within one victory of the Rays’ single-season record. Rolando Arrojo won 14 in 1998, and Sonnanstine’s total matches the 13 Scott Kazmir won a year ago.

Red Sox 6, Orioles 3

Baltimore – Jon Lester outpitched Jeremy Guthrie, and Jason Bay homered twice for Boston.

Lester (12-4) allowed one run, four hits and a walk in seven innings to improve to 5-0 lifetime against the Orioles. The left-hander is 9-1 since May 25.

Manny Delcarmen issued a pair of two-out walks in eighth before Jonathan Papelbon gave up a double to Aubrey Huff that cut Boston’s lead to 4-3.

White Sox 13, Mariners 5

Chicago – Nick Swisher hit a two-run home run, and Orlando Cabrera started a six-run fifth inning with another two-run shot to help Chicago beat dismal Seattle.

After hitting a grand slam Sunday, rookie Alexei Ramirez hit a three-run homer, and Jermaine Dye doubled twice and drove in two runs for the White Sox, who have won six of their last seven games and moved one game ahead of the Minnesota Twins in the AL Central.

Carlos Quentin hit his major-league-leading 35th home run in the eighth for Chicago, who lead the majors with 182 homers.

Athletics 3, Twins 2

Minneapolis – Kirk Saarloos pitched 32â3 shutout innings after Justin Duchscherer left because of a hip injury.

Tigers 8, Rangers 7

Arlington, Texas – Gary Sheffield hit career homer No. 492, Curtis Granderson had two triples and four RBIs, and Detroit held on.