Rays rebound from big loss, edge Yankees

NEW YORK — Nick Green hit a go-ahead, three-run homer, Scott Kazmir pitched seven solid innings and the Tampa Bay Devil Rays rebounded from an embarrassing defeat with a 5-3 victory Wednesday over the New York Yankees.

Less than 18 hours after allowing 13 runs in the eighth inning of a 20-11 loss, the last-place Devil Rays improved to 6-3 against the Yankees, who got another home run from Gary Sheffield but little else.

Jonny Gomes hit a two-run shot for Tampa Bay, which is 3-2 at Yankee Stadium this season and 4-27 in all other road games.

With the Yankees leading 3-2 in the seventh, Carl Pavano (4-6) issued a leadoff walk to Gomes. Two outs later, the right-hander hit Toby Hall with a pitch for the second time.

Green, the No. 9 batter, stunned the crowd of 48,452 by driving a 1-2 pitch over the left-field fence, beyond a leaping Ruben Sierra, for a 5-3 lead.

The 21-year-old Kazmir (3-5) allowed four hits in seven innings, matching the longest outing of his brief career.

WHITE SOX 5, ROYALS 1: At Chicago, Mark Buehrle won his career-high eighth straight decision, and Carl Everett backed him with a three-run homer to lead Chicago to its seventh straight victory.

Buehrle (9-1) allowed five hits, his scoreless streak ending at 25 1/3 innings when the Royals scored an unearned run in the eighth. He walked one and struck out six in eight innings.

Everett had two hits, and two of Paul Konerko's three hits were doubles.

RED SOX 5, INDIANS 4: At Cleveland, Edgar Renteria's RBI double in the ninth inning off Bob Wickman helped Boston complete a three-game sweep of Cleveland.

Trailing 4-2 in the eighth, the Red Sox staged their 20th come-from-behind win of the season and completed their first sweep at Jacobs Field since May 1999.

TIGERS 8, TWINS 1: At Minneapolis, Nate Robertson pitched Detroit's second complete game in a row and Omar Infante had a home run and three RBIs to lead the Tigers over the slumping Twins.

The Tigers roughed up Twins starter Joe Mays (3-3), scoring six runs on eight hits in just four innings, snapping Mays' eight-game winning streak against Detroit and extending the Twins' losing streak to a season-high four games.

BLUE JAYS 3, ORIOLES 2: At Toronto, Pete Walker won as a starter for the first time since 2002, leading Toronto over Baltimore.

Baltimore's Rafael Palmeiro hit his 561st career homer, two from tying Reggie Jackson for ninth on the all-time list. Palmeiro is also 17 hits shy of 3000.

ANGELS 6, RANGERS 0: At Anaheim, Calif., Jarrod Washburn combined with two relievers on a six-hitter and the Los Angeles Angels dealt Kenny Rogers his first loss in 10 decisions, to complete a three-game sweep of their closest AL West rivals.