By The Associated Press

CLEVELAND - Jason Davis gave up a long homer to Manny Ramirez, then got his second victory in 17 starts as the Cleveland Indians held on for their fourth straight win, 7-6 over the reeling Boston Red Sox on Tuesday night.

Davis (1-2) allowed two runs and six hits in six innings, including an estimated 459-foot shot by Ramirez.

Boston scored four runs in the ninth off Kazuhito Tadano, but lost its fifth straight. Rafael Betancourt struck out Manny Ramirez to end the game for his second save.

Third baseman Bill Mueller's two throwing errors allowed five unearned runs in the fourth off Derek Lowe (3-2), who gave up two earned runs but a season-high 10 hits in five-plus innings.

Orioles 10, White Sox 3

BALTIMORE - Brian Roberts had three hits, tied a team record with four steals and scored four runs as Baltimore ended a three-game losing streak. Miguel Tejada got his 1000th career hit and drove in three runs for the Orioles, who had lost six of eight.

Magglio Ordonez and Joe Crede homered for Chicago, which has homers in 15 straight games, two short of the franchise record.

Baltimore built a 7-3 lead after four innings against Esteban Loaiza (4-1), who allowed eight runs - four earned - and 10 hits in 5 2-3 innings. Rodrigo Lopez (2-1) pitched four innings of one-hit relief.

Blue Jays 5, Royals 4

TORONTO - The Blue Jays improved to 2-9 at home, staking Pat Hentgen (1-2) to a 5-0 lead.

Hentgen allowing four runs and six hits in five innings. Micheal Nakamura followed with three perfect innings, and Jason Frasor finished with a one-hit ninth for his first major league save.

Darrell May (0-4) allowed five runs and seven hits in seven innings as Kansas City dropped to a major league-worst 2-11 on the road.

Devil Rays 5, Rangers 4

ARLINGTON, Texas - Tino Martinez's second homer of the game, a drive off former Yankees teammate Jeff Nelson (0-2), broke a ninth-inning tie and stopped the Rangers' five-game winning streak.

Geoff Blum also had two homers for the Devil Rays, who had lost nine of 11. Julio Lugo added a homer for Tampa Bay.

Lance Carter (1-1) pitched a hitless eighth inning for the win.