• White Sox 7 Rangers 5: In Arlington, Texas, Paul Konerko hit two home runs after Chicago took advantage of a wild pitch, two errors and two walks to go ahead of Texas and avoid a three-game sweep.
Konerko leads the majors with 10 homers after hitting a solo drive in the eighth and a two-run shot in the ninth. He also drove in another run with a sacrifice fly.
• Rays 11, Royals 1: In St. Petersburg, Fla., Matt Garza gave up one run over six sharp innings, Jason Bartlett and Reid Brignac drove in three runs apiece, and Carl Crawford tripled and hit two doubles.
At 17-5, the Rays are off to the best start in the majors after 22 games since 2003 when San Francisco and the New York Yankees opened 18-4 and the Royals were 17-5. Tampa Bay has won 14 of 16, outscoring opponents 117-44 during the stretch.
• Yankees 4, Orioles 0: In Baltimore, A.J. Burnett pitched eight innings of three-hit ball, and Robinson Cano homered twice.
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Burnett, who improved to 10-2 lifetime against the Orioles, has been pitching in the majors since 1999, and this is the first time he is 3-0.
• Tigers 3, Twins 0: In Detroit, Dontrelle Willis pitched four-hit ball over six-plus innings in perhaps his best performance with Detroit. He struck out six - his highest total since 2007 when he was with the Florida Marlins.
Jose Valverde pitched a hitless ninth for his seventh save.
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