By The Associated Press

BOSTON - Mark Bellhorn tied the score with a two-run homer in the ninth inning and pinch-hitter Jason Varitek doubled home the winning run, leading the Boston Red Sox over the Kansas City Royals 7-6 Friday night.

Mike MacDougal (0-1) walked Johnny Damon leading off the ninth, and Bellhorn homered. Scott Sullivan relieved and Varitek doubled, with Ramirez barely beating the relay throw.

Mike Timlin (2-1) pitched a hitless ninth for the win.

Boston trailed 6-2 in the eighth inning before rallying to win its third straight following a season-high five-game losing streak. Kansas City fell to 2-13 on the road this season.

Blue Jays 5, White Sox 4

TORONTO - Reed Johnson hit a game-winning RBI single in the ninth inning and Terry Adams (3-1) pitched the ninth for the win.

Orlando Hudson and Eric Hinske each hit two-run homers for Toronto.

Cliff Politte (0-1) was the loser.

Chicago's Miguel Olivo hit a three-run homer.

Blue Jays outfielder Carlos Delgado had two hits to surpass Lloyd Moseby for second on the team's career list with 1,320.

Tigers 8, Rangers 7

ARLINGTON, Texas - Ivan Rodriguez hit the tiebreaking homer for Detroit in his return to Texas.

Rodriguez, who also played against the Rangers when he was with Florida last season, broke a 5-all tie with a two-run homer to right in the eighth off Jeff Nelson (0-3). It was his fifth homer of the season.

Carlos Guillen went 3-for-4, including a three-run homer and an RBI triple, as the Tigers snapped a four-game losing streak.

Al Levine (3-2), the third Tigers pitcher, worked 1 1-3 innings. Ugueth Urbina, another former Ranger, gave up two runs the ninth and finished for his third save.

Orioles 3, Indians 2

BALTIMORE - Larry Bigbie, in a 3-for-19 slide, led off the 10th inning with the third game-ending homer this season off Chad Durbin (2-3). Rafael Palmeiro also homered for the Orioles, who won for only the fourth time in 11 games.

Jorge Julio (1-0), the sixth Baltimore pitcher, worked the 10th for the win.

Angels 1, Devil Rays 0

ANAHEIM, Calif. - John Lackey pitched a three-hitter to outduel Mark Hendrickson and David Eckstein had an RBI single to help Anaheim extend its winning streak to seven games.

Lackey (3-3) went the distance for the fourth time in 57 career starts, striking out three and walking one. He threw 107 pitches, 73 for strikes in his third shutout.

Hendrickson (1-3) allowed a run and seven hits in seven innings, striking out five and walking one.

Tampa Bay center fielder Rocco Baldelli robbed Anaheim's Vladimir Guerrero of a home run with a leaping catch in the eighth inning.