Boston Red Sox starting pitcher Pedro Martinez. (AP photo) | ZOOM |

        KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Pedro Martinez pitched one-hit ball for eight innings, and Shea Hillenbrand had a bases-loaded triple to lead the Boston Red Sox over the Kansas City Royals 4-0 Friday night.

        Martinez (2-0) struck out six and walked none, lowering his ERA from 6.91 to 4.43. He gave up only a single to Mike Sweeney in the fourth and ended the inning by fanning Michael Tucker for his 2,000th career strikeout.

        Rich Garces worked the ninth, giving up Neifi Perez's two-out single to complete Boston's second shutout of the season.

        Martinez, who threw 94 pitches and retired his final 13 batters, seems to be rounding into form after getting roughed up on opening day against Toronto. The Red Sox ace missed most of last season with a shoulder injury.

        Chris George (0-1), recalled from the minors earlier in the day, took the loss.

        Rangers 9, Mariners 0

        SEATTLE — Texas stopped Seattle's 10-game winning streak as Rafael Palmeiro hit his 450th career homer and Kenny Rogers (1-0) pitched his first shutout in three years.

        The Mariners, home after sweeping a 10-game road trip at AL West rivals Anaheim, Texas and Oakland, are 3-4 at Safeco Field.

        Alex Rodriguez, back in Seattle for the first time this season, was booed by the crowd of 45,346 but not as loudly as he was last season — the first after he left the Mariners to sign a record $252 million, 10-year contract with the Rangers. Some fans threw paper money out of the upper decks.

        Palmeiro, who drove in four runs, hit a three-run shot off Paul Abbott (1-1) to become the 26th player to reach 450 homers.

        Angels 9, Athletics 7

        OAKLAND, Calif. — Bengie Molina had three hits and three RBIs, and Garret Anderson hit a two-run double to lead Anaheim over Oakland.

        Troy Percival got two outs for his second save and first since coming off the disabled list. The All-Star closer was out with a strained muscle in his right side.

        Adam Kennedy also knocked in two runs for the Angels, who won for just the third time in 11 games. Jarrod Washburn (1-2) won for the first time since beating Cleveland on Aug. 19 of last season.

        A's starter Mike Fyhrie (0-1), recalled from the minors to replace injured ace Mark Mulder, was roughed up for six runs on seven hits in 4 2-3 innings. David Justice homered for Oakland, which has won just three of nine.

        Anaheim center fielder Darin Erstad left with an unexplained injury.

        Orioles 6, Devil Ray 5, 14 innings

        ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Brook Fordyce drove in the go-ahead run with a squeeze bunt in the 14th inning as Baltimore beat Tampa Bay.

        Tony Batista and Marty Cordova singled off Jesus Colome (1-2) to start the 14th. Mike Bordick sacrificed and Fordyce followed with a bunt down the first-base line that scored Batista.

        Bobby Smith hit a solo homer on the first pitch from Jorge Julio (1-0) to tie it at 5 in the bottom of the 13th.

        Baltimore took a 5-4 lead in the top of the 13th on Chris Singleton's sacrifice fly.

        Jay Gibbons hit his sixth home run for the Orioles, and Jeff Conine had a two-run, two-out double off starter Tanyon Sturtze that got Baltimore even at 4 in the eighth.

        Yankees 6, Blue Jays 5

        NEW YORK — Gerald Williams threw out the go-ahead run at the plate in the top of the ninth and scored the winning run in the bottom half as New York bailed out Mariano Rivera and beat Toronto.

        Trailing 5-1, the Blue Jays scored three runs in the seventh and then tied it in a wild ninth inning against Rivera (1-1), who made a key throwing error.

        Williams, who came on as a defensive replacement in the ninth, caught Raul Mondesi's fly ball to right and gunned down Homer Bush at the plate, keeping the game tied at 5.

        Williams sparked the winning rally by walking against Bob File (0-1), moving to second on a sacrifice and scoring on Alfonso Soriano's single.

        New York has won three straight games since losing six of seven. Carlos Delgado and Felipe Lopez homered for the Blue Jays, who have lost four in a row.

        Twins 12, Indians 3

        MINNEAPOLIS — Kyle Lohse (1-1) threw seven strong innings and Tom Prince homered twice against Minnesota's biggest AL Central rival.

        Losers of 14 of 19 to the Indians last season and swept in a four-game series last week in Cleveland, the Twins scored four in the fourth inning and six in the fifth to build an 11-0 lead.

        Cleveland has lost four straight after starting the season 11-1. C.C. Sabathia (2-1) gave up eight hits and a career-high eight runs in 4 1-3 innings.

        Tigers 8, White Sox 2

        CHICAGO — Randall Simon tied his career high with four hits, and Oscar Salazar hit his first major league home run to lead Detroit.

        Steve Sparks (1-1), backed by a 5-0 lead in the second, allowed five hits in eight innings, and Mike Rivera drove in two runs for the Tigers, who have won three of four following an 0-11 start.

        Carlos Lee homered for the White Sox, who had won four straight and eight of nine. Dan Wright (1-2) allowed seven runs — six earned — and eight hits in 5 1-3 innings.

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