Yankees go deep to beat Red Sox

BOSTON — Derek Jeter hit the first pitch of the game for one of New York's five homers off Josh Beckett, CC Sabathia became the majors' first 15-game winner, and the Yankees beat the Boston Red Sox 8-4 Sunday night.

The expected pitchers duel between the AL's only 14-game winners never materialized as the Yankees scored in each of the first five innings and the Red Sox had four runs off Sabathia before he left with two outs in the seventh.

The aces of their pitching staffs figured to shut down streaking offenses, but that prospect faded early when the score was tied at 2 after two innings.

RANGERS 4, RAYS 0: At St. Petersburg, Fla., Scott Feldman struck out a career-high 11 to win his fifth consecutive road start, and the Texas Rangers avoided a three-game sweep by beating the Tampa Bay Rays 4-0 on Sunday. Michael Young and Ivan Rodriguez each drove in two runs. Feldman (13-4) is the first Texas pitcher with victories in five straight starts away from home since Rick Helling accomplished the feat in 1998. The right-hander, 9-1 this season on the road, allowed four hits in seven scoreless innings. Darren O'Day struck out all three batters he faced in the eighth before closer Frank Francisco pitched the ninth in a non-save situation. David Price (6-6) gave up three runs and three hits in seven innings. The left-hander had won five starts in a row at home.

BLUE JAYS 8, ANGELS 3: At Toronto, Ricky Romero won for the first time in four starts, Travis Snider hit a solo homer and Toronto beat Los Angeles. Snider went 3 for 3 with a walk as the Blue Jays earned a split in their eight-game season series with the Angels. Toronto has lost the season series just once in the past seven years. The AL West-leading Angels have lost three of four following a five-game winning streak and are 10-18 in Toronto since the start of the 2003 season. Romero (11-5) moved into a tie with Tampa Bay's Jeff Niemann for the AL rookie lead in wins by allowing two runs and eight hits in six innings. Making just his third major league start, Angels right-hander Trevor Bell failed to get out of the second, allowing six runs and six hits in 1 2-3 innings. Bell (1-1) walked four, one intentionally.