Contreras makes successful return

CHICAGO — Jose Contreras allowed one hit in eight strong innings in his return to the majors Monday night, getting his first win in nearly a year as the Chicago White Sox beat the Detroit Tigers 6-1 to earn a split in their day-night doubleheader.

Alexei Ramirez, Scott Podsednik and Jim Thome homered for the White Sox in the second game after Detroit won the opener 5-4 as Brandon Inge hit a go-ahead RBI single in the ninth.

Contreras (1-5), officially recalled from Triple-A between games, ruptured his Achilles tendon last August. He made a quick recovery but struggled when he returned this season and on May 10 was sent to Charlotte, where he made five starts.

The 37-year-old Contreras allowed a two-out double to Clete Thomas in the first and had two stretches of 11 straight batters retired in earning his first win since June 27, 2008. He walked one and struck out three.

Chicago's three homers came off Detroit's Jeremy Bonderman (0-1), who was making his first major league appearance since June 1, 2008 and was activated from the disabled list between games. Bonderman had surgery June 30 last year to correct a condition that caused a blood clot in his pitching arm.

He lasted four-innings plus, gave up eight hits and was charged with six runs.

YANKEES 5, RAYS 3: At New York, Andy Pettitte recovered from two wild outings, Johnny Damon hit a tiebreaking home run in the sixth inning and the Yankees defeated the Rays.

Mark Teixeira, Nick Swisher and Derek Jeter also homered for the Yankees, who got all their runs on longballs as Andy Sonnanstine allowed a career-high four. Tampa Bay's Gabe Kapler hit his first home run of the season.

Damon broke a 3-3 tie in the sixth with a drive to right off Sonnanstine (4-6), and Jeter chased him with a leadoff drive in the eighth. Nine of Damon's 12 home runs this season and six of Jeter's eight have come at home.

Pettitte (6-2) allowed three runs and five hits in six innings.

BLUE JAYS 6, RANGERS 3: At Arlington, Tex., Adam Lind homered twice and drove in four runs, and the Blue Jays snapped a nine-game road losing streak, beating the Rangers.

Lind, who is 18 for 40 his last 10 games, hit two-run blasts in the second and fourth innings off Rangers starter Scott Feldman. It was Lind's first multi-homer game of his career.

Casey Janssen (2-2) gave up three runs, six hits and struck out six in 5 1-3 innings.

ATHLETICS 4, TWINS 3: At Oakland, Calif., Jack Cust hit a solo home run in the fifth to provide the difference for red-hot Oakland, which has now won seven straight games. Jack Hannahan hit a bases-clearing double in the fourth to help Oakland rally from a 3-0 deficit.