Giambi, Yankees clobber Royals, complete sweep

NEW YORK — Jason Giambi broke out of a 4-for-38 slump with a pair of home runs and drove in seven runs Sunday, leading the New York Yankees to a 10-3 victory and a sweep of their weekend series with the Kansas City Royals.

Giambi's 22nd home run came in the third inning against loser Zack Greinke (3-16), and gave him 1,000 RBIs for his career.

Two innings later, he connected again for his 23rd homer and 1,500th career hit, this time after another hit by Rodriguez. It was the sixth multihomer game of the season for Giambi and the 29th of his career.

In the sixth, the Royals walked Rodriguez intentionally to load the bases, and Giambi followed with a two-run single to give him seven RBIs in a game for the third time in his career. Bernie Williams added a run-scoring single and drove in three runs.

Al Leiter (4-3) earned his third straight win, limiting the Royals to two hits in six innings. He struck out six, walked three and threw 112 pitches after reaching 75 after three innings.

ATHLETICS 10, ORIOLES 3: At Baltimore, Danny Haren (11-10) pitched seven innings of three-hit ball, and Oakland hit three home runs while beating Baltimore for its fifth straight victory.

Scott Hatteberg, Marco Scutaro and Mark Ellis homered to help the A's move into first place in the AL West ahead of the Los Angeles Angels, who lost to Tampa Bay 2-1.

INDIANS 4, BLUE JAYS 1: At Toronto, Casey Blake and Aaron Boone homered off Josh Towers (10-10), and Jake Westbrook pitched into the seventh inning to lead surging Cleveland over Toronto.

The Indians have won nine of 11 and are a major league-best 19-7 since July 31.

RED SOX 11, TIGERS 3: At Boston, David Wells pitched seven strong innings, and Boston had its third consecutive offensive outburst against Detroit.

The Red Sox were led by David Ortiz's 33rd homer and three RBIs, Bill Mueller's homer and three hits and Johnny Damon's two hits and three RBIs.

DEVIL RAYS 2, ANGELS 1: At St. Petersburg, Mark Hendrickson extended his personal winning streak to four games and Aubrey Huff hit a two-run homer off Jarrod Washburn (7-8) to help Tampa Bay knock Los Angeles out of the AL West lead.

Orlando Cabrera homered for the Angels, who were swept in the series and have lost four straight heading into a three-game set against Oakland that begins Tuesday.