Bedard pitches Orioles over BoSox

Erik Bedard pitched seven innings of two-hit ball, Kevin Millar homered against his former team, and the Baltimore Orioles ended a 13-game losing streak against the Boston Red Sox with a 4-3 victory Wednesday night in Baltimore.

The Orioles had lost eight in a row this season against Boston and were winless against their AL East foes since Sept. 2, 2005. The victory also enabled Baltimore to end an eight-game home skid against the Red Sox.

Bedard (5-2) gave up one run, a pair of doubles and three walks for his first victory in five starts since April 20.

LaTroy Hawkins struck out two during a perfect eighth. Chris Ray gave up a two-run homer to David Ortiz in the ninth inning to make it 4-3 before the reliever got three outs for his 10th save. It was Ortiz's 13th homer.

Millar put the Orioles ahead 2-1 against Tim Wakefield (3-5) in the fourth with his third homer, the first since April 12. In the fourth, Miguel Tejada had an RBI double and then scored on a wild pitch.

TIGERS 2, TWINS 0: At Detroit, Justin Verlander outpitched Johan Santana and Vance Wilson homered to help Detroit to its sixth straight win and sixth consecutive victory over Minnesota at home this season.

INDIANS 5, ROYALS 0: At Cleveland, Travis Hafner hit a grand slam and Jake Westbrook pitched a six-hitter to lead Cleveland.

YANKEES 4, RANGERS 3: At New York, Jorge Posada followed up a memorable game with two more RBIs, and Chien-Ming Wang pitched New York past Texas.

WHITE SOX 5, DEVIL RAYS 2: At St. Petersburg, Fla., Jermaine Dye drove in three runs and Jon Garland pitched seven solid innings to lift Chicago over Tampa Bay.