Jays survive BoSox rally

Pinch-hitter Shea Hillenbrand hit a go-ahead single in the eighth inning, and Toronto overcame a tying, three-run homer by Jason Varitek to beat Boston at Toronto.

Down 6-3 in the eighth, Varitek tied the game with a two-out homer off Justin Speier.

Toronto's Bengie Molina doubled into the gap in right center leading off the bottom half of the inning against David Riske (0-1). After a sacrifice bunt, Hillenbrand singled past a drawn-in infield to give Toronto the lead.

B.J. Ryan (1-0) pitched 1 1/3 hitless innings for the Blue Jays.

Manny Ramirez and Coco Crisp homered for the Red Sox, who had won four straight.

Toronto's Roy Halladay allowed three runs and seven hits in seven innings.

ROYALS 6, ATHLETICS 4: At Oakland, Calif., Shane Costa doubled twice and drove in a run and Seth Etherton won in the majors for first time in more than a year in the Kansas City Royals' 6-4 victory over the Oakland Athletics on Monday night. Emil Brown had three hits and drove in a run and Matt Stairs and Doug Mientkiewicz had RBI doubles for Kansas City. The Royals won for only the second time in 17 games, improved to 4-22 on the road and gave manager Buddy Bell his 400th win.

ANGELS 4, TWINS 3, 11 INNINGS: At Anaheim, Calif., Orlando Cabrera's third hit of the game, an RBI single in the bottom of the 11th, gave Los Angeles the win. Jesse Crain (0-3), working his third inning in relief, gave up a leadoff single to Chone Figgins. The right-hander threw the ball away trying to pick off Figgins, who went to third. Cabrera grounded the next pitch through the left side for the game-winner.

RANGERS 2, MARINERS 0: At Arlington, Texas, John Rheinecker allowed four hits in 8 1/3 innings in his second major league start, and Mark Teixeira hit a two-run homer as Texas handed Seattle its fifth straight loss.

YANKEES 4, TIGERS 0: At Detroit, Randy Johnson didn't give up a hit for 5 2/3 innings and combined with two relievers for a two-hitter, leading the New York Yankees over Detroit. Ivan Rodriguez broke up Johnson's bid for his third no-hitter — and second against the Tigers — with a single to right.

WHITE SOX 11, INDIANS 0: At Cleveland, Jim Thome hit a pair of two-run homers and Javier Vazquez pitched six strong innings for the White Sox. Vazquez (6-3) gave up only two singles — both with two outs in the third inning.