Red-hot Orioles victorious again

Erik Bedard remained unbeaten, Miguel Tejada homered and drove in three runs and the Baltimore Orioles rallied for a 9-4 victory over the Cleveland Indians on Thursday.

Javy Lopez, Jeff Conine and Tejada each had two RBIs during a six-run sixth that erased a 4-3 deficit and gave Baltimore its sixth win in eight games.

Eduardo Perez and Victor Martinez homered for Cleveland. Martinez was 2-for-4, extending his hitting streak to 15 games, the longest in the major leagues this season.

Bedard (4-0) pitched six innings and joined Boston's Curt Schilling and Atlanta's Oscar Villareal as the majors' only four-game winners. Bedard allowed four runs — thre\e earned — six hits and two walks, striking out seven.

Martinez's solo homer put Cleveland up 4-3 in the sixth, but rookie Fausto Carmona (1-1) couldn't hold the lead.

ANGELS 6, TWINS 4: At Minneapolis, Jose Molina's two-out double drove in pinch-runner Maicer Izturis to break an eighth-inning tie and spark the Angels.

Adam Kennedy followed Molina with an RBI single against Jesse Crain (0-1), after shortstop Nick Punto's throw home to get Izturis bounced away for an error and allowed Molina to move up.

Kevin Gregg (1-0), recalled from Triple-A Salt Lake the night before, threw four strong innings of relief.

Francisco Rodriguez got four outs for his fifth save — a day after his club-record streak of 22 straight conversions ended.

TIGERS 4, ATHLETICS 3: At Oakland, Calif., Curtis Granderson drew a bases-loaded walk that brought home the go-ahead run in the ninth inning and Detroit rallied to beat the A's.

Brandon Inge drew a walk from Justin Duchscherer (1-1), filling in for regular closer Huston Street, on a 15-pitch at-bat that loaded the bases for Granderson.

A's manager Ken Macha opted to stick with Duchscherer rather than immediately turn to reliever Kirk Saarloos, who had already been warming up for several minutes.

Fernando Rodney (1-0) pitched two innings, working out of a bases-loaded jam in the ninth to extend his scoreless streak to start the season to 7 2/3 innings.

DEVIL RAYS 5, RED SOX 1: At Boston, Jonny Gomes homered twice, and Scott Kazmir held Boston to four hits before a sixth-inning injury as Tampa Bay beat the Red Sox and handed knuckleballer Tim Wakefield another tough-luck loss.

Kazmir (3-1) allowed one run — Dustan Mohr's solo homer — and one walk while striking out seven in 5 2/3 innings to stop Boston's four-game winning streak. He was pulled from the game after 101 pitches with a 2-2 count on Manny Ramirez; the team announced Kazmir had muscle cramps in his left thumb and wrist.

RANGERS 4, MARINERS 3: At Seattle, Seattle closer Eddie Guardado walked the bases loaded in the ninth inning and then walked Phil Nevin to force in pinch-runner Gerald Laird with the go-ahead run and give the Rangers the win.