NEW YORK - They're not the mighty Yankees to the Anaheim Angels. A night after ruining Mike Mussina's perfect record, the Angels sent David Wells to his first loss, too.

"No matter who won last year, the Yankees are the team to beat. It's fun to come in here," reliever Brendan Donnelly said after getting a key strikeout as Anaheim rallied for a 5-3 victory Wednesday night.

Troy Glaus doubled home the go-ahead run off Wells in a three-run eighth inning and Scott Spiezio was 4-for-4. Garret Anderson had three hits for the Angels, who upset New York in the first round of last year's playoffs, ending the Yankees' run of four straight AL pennants.

"I enjoy playing here. It's a great environment to play baseball," Anderson said. "I love to play here, as opposed to it being an intimidating place."

The World Series champions have won six of eight to reach the .500 mark at 19-19. Anaheim, which was 0-for-6 with runners in scoring position before coming back, did the little things, a key to the franchise's first championship last year. Anderson stole a pair of bases and Benji Gil got an important sacrifice.

Spiezio, who tied a career best for hits in a game, has six hits in eight at-bats following on 0-for-25 skid, raising his average from .180 to .218.

"I think the thing we do is come in here and play our game," Spiezio said. "They are such a great team, you can't focus on them. You just play your game or try to. I felt pretty good, especially the three games prior to coming in here. I hit some balls pretty hard, right at people. I have had a couple of good days here. I need a lot more of those."

The Yankees, whose AL East lead over second-place Boston was cut to one game, are on their second three-game losing streak this year and are 3-7 following a 23-6 start and have lost three of four series after beginning 8-0-1.

"They're tough. They grind it out," said Derek Jeter, 2-for-4 with a pair of singles in his second game after missing six weeks with a dislocated left shoulder. "They play us tough and always have. We've seen it before. They don't strike out much. They're guys put the ball in play and keep the pressure on the defense. They pitch well. They don't beat themselves."

New York, which wasted a 2-0 lead, has lost three of five games to Anaheim this season. Jason Giambi was booed by the Yankee Stadium fans after popping up in the sixth inning and taking a called third strike in the eighth. He went 0-for-4, dropping his average to .209.

"Right now we're scuffling a little bit," Yankees manager Joe Torre said.

Francisco Rodriguez (3-1) pitched 1 2-3 innings for the win, allowing an RBI single to Hideki Matsui in the eighth. Donnelly relieved with two on and two outs and struck out Jorge Posada, who had homered for New York's second run.

Twins 7, Royals 0

MINNEAPOLIS - Rick Reed pitched a three-hitter and the Minnesota Twins got into yet another scrap, clearing the benches late.

Doug Mientkiewicz, a Gold Glove first baseman, made his first career start in right field and was 3-for-5 with two doubles, a run and an RBI.

The Twins, who have already tangled with the Chicago White Sox and Tampa Bay this season, became embroiled with the Royals in the eighth inning.

Mientkiewicz, who doubled and scored on Corey Koskie's home run in the fifth, hit another double in the eighth and Cristian Guzman was thrown out at the plate.

Pitcher Albie Lopez started jawing with Twins third base coach Al Newman and Mientkiewicz, and the benches cleared. There was some shoving, but no punches, and there were no ejections.

Twins designated hitter Matthew LeCroy left the game with a broken nose when he was hit in the face by a fastball from Runelvys Hernandez (4-3) leading off the fourth inning.

Reed (2-4) was held out of his last turn in the rotation with a lower back injury. He walked one and struck out two.

Red Sox 7, Rangers 1

BOSTON - Nomar Garciaparra hit a two-run homer to extend his hitting streak to 15 games as Boston beat Texas.

David Ortiz also drove in two runs as the Red Sox, with the help of eight walks and three wild pitches, won for the fifth time in seven games.

Garciaparra hit his seventh homer in the first inning off Joaquin Benoit (1-1).

Casey Fossum (4-1) allowed one run on four hits in five innings. Red Sox relievers Ramiro Mendoza, Mike Timlin and Robert Person allowed just two hits in the last four innings.

Texas lost for the fifth time in six games. In their last 16 games in Fenway Park, the Rangers are 2-14.

Tigers 2, Athletics 1

DETROIT - Steve Avery earned his first major league win in four years, and Brandon Inge hit a sacrifice fly in the bottom of the ninth.

Avery (1-0) came in with the bases loaded in the top of the ninth and struck out Scott Hatteberg to end the inning.

Tim Hudson pitched eight sharp innings for Oakland, and Ricardo Rincon (2-2) relieved in the ninth.

Craig Monroe, who homered for Detroit's first run, led off with a double and scored easily on Inge's fly to left. That gave Avery his first big league win since July 9, 1999, when he started for Cincinnati against Cleveland. The 1991 NLCS MVP missed the past two years following left shoulder surgery in 1999.

Blue Jays 7, Devil Rays 6

TORONTO - Cory Lidle won his fifth straight decision and Toronto held off Tampa Bay.

Devil Rays reliever John Rocker allowed four of the six batters he faced to reach in his second game in the majors this season. Rocker walked both of the hitters he faced in his first game on May 9.

A crowd of 29,013 turned out at SkyDome after the Blue Jays offered $2 tickets in an effort to show Toronto remains vibrant despite an outbreak of SARS. The World Health Organization said Wednesday it no longer considers Toronto an area affected by SARS.

Greg Myers homered and drove in three runs for the Blue Jays, who almost blew a 7-2 lead. He went 3-for-3 with a walk.

Lidle (6-2) allowed five runs on eight hits in 7 1-3 innings. Cliff Politte got his fourth save.

Vernon Wells homered off Tampa Bay starter Dewon Brazelton (0-2) in the third.

Indians 7, Mariners 2

CLEVELAND - Rookie Jason Davis pitched seven strong innings and Cleveland roughed up Freddy Garcia.

Davis (3-4) gave up two runs - one earned - and four hits against one of the AL's toughest lineups. The right-hander struck out a career-high seven for his first win since April 20.

Matt Lawton and Ellis Burks drove in two runs apiece, and Ben Broussard went 3-for-4 with a solo homer as the Indians beat a team with a winning record for just the second time in 14 games this season.

The Mariners, who came in leading the AL in fielding, made a season-high three errors behind Garcia (3-5), who had his second straight shaky start.

White Sox 5, Orioles 1

CHICAGO - Frank Thomas homered and had two RBIs, and Sandy Alomar Jr. drove in the go-ahead run in the seventh inning for Chicago.

Thomas went 3-for-4, finishing a triple shy of the cycle. Jose Valentin also had two RBIs for the White Sox, who have won three of four. Baltimore has lost four straight.

Rick Helling (2-4) dropped to 0-4 with an 8.15 ERA in six starts in Chicago.

Tom Gordon (2-2) gave up one hit in 1 2-3 innings for the victory.