The Associated Press

BALTIMORE - Juan Uribe's triple keyed a seventh-inning rally, and Billy Koch and the Chicago White Sox survived a wild ninth to beat the Baltimore Orioles 6-5 Wednesday night.

Down 6-4, the Orioles loaded the bases with no outs in the ninth against Koch.

After Javy Lopez hit a sacrifice fly, Jay Gibbons grounded into a forceout that moved the tying run to third. But Koch retired Luis Matos on a tapper to first for his fifth save.

Magglio Ordonez had three hits, and emergency sub Miguel Olivo drove in two runs and scored one for the White Sox, who improved to 11-1 in one-run games.

Olivo, who entered in the second inning for injured catcher Sandy Alomar, led off the seventh with a double off starter Sidney Ponson.

B.J. Ryan (1-1) then retired Willis Harris on a foul popup, but Uribe followed with a liner into the gap in right-center to tie it at 4.

The Orioles then drew their infield in, a move that backfired when Ordonez hit a blooper that eluded the glove of retreating second baseman Brian Roberts.

Timo Perez doubled in a run in the eighth to make it 6-4.

Red Sox 9, Indians 5

CLEVELAND - Bill Mueller hit a tiebreaking three-run homer, David Ortiz homered twice, and Boston broke a five-game losing streak.

Bronson Arroyo (1-1) gave up one hit and struck out three over two scoreless innings of relief for the win - snapping Cleveland's four-game winning streak.

Mueller snapped a 5-5 tie with his homer off reliever David Riske in the sixth inning.

Blue Jays 10, Royals 3

TORONTO - Vernon Wells homered twice and tied a career high with five RBI, and Roy Halladay pitched seven strong innings on three days' rest, leading Toronto over Kansas City.

Wells, who entered hitting just .228 with one home run and seven RBI, hit an RBI grounder in the first, a three-run homer in the second and a solo shot in the fourth.

Staked to a 7-0 lead in the second, Halladay (3-3) won his third straight start, allowing three runs on 11 hits, while striking out four and walking none in seven innings. He's 4-0 with a 1.50 ERA when pitching on three days' rest, including 3-0 in three starts last season.

Rangers 6, Devil Rays 1

ARLINGTON, Texas - Ryan Drese threw 6 1/3 shutout innings on short rest, and major-league hits leader Michael Young had four more - including a solo homer - to help Texas beat Tampa Bay.

Drese (2-0), pitching four days after a 118-pitch outing, allowed only five singles - and two didn't get out of the infield. Only one runner even reached third base.