By The Associated Press

DETROIT - Gary Knotts did not allow a hit until the fifth inning in his first start of the season, and Brandon Inge and Omar Infante hit consecutive homers in the second for the Detroit Tigers in a 7-1 win Friday night over the Texas Rangers.

Knotts (1-0) retired the first eight batters he faced, and Esteban Yan didn't allow a hit in four innings for his second save. Knotts allowed a run on two hits while striking out five and walking one. Ivan Rodriguez added a two-run homer.

Joaquin Benoit (1-1) allowed five runs on six hits in 6 1-3 innings for Texas.

Red Sox 9, Blue Jays 3

TORONTO - Brian Daubach hit a tiebreaking double in a six-run eighth inning to lead Boston over Toronto.

Boston, which had lost four of its previous five games, sent 10 batters to the plate in the eighth. Kerry Ligtenberg (1-1) didn't get an out in the inning, allowing five straight batters to reach.

Alan Embree (2-0) pitched 1 1-3 innings in relief of Derek Lowe.

Yankees 9, Mariners 5

NEW YORK - Mike Mussina labored through six innings, but New York took advantage of a wild night by Seattle's pitchers.

Tony Clark drove in the go-ahead run in the fifth for the Yankees and Bernie Williams broke open the game with a two-run double in the seventh. The first four Seattle pitchers combined for 10 walks - four with the bases loaded - made two errors and a run-scoring wild pitch.

Mussina (4-4) allowed 11 hits and five runs in the first 3 1-3 innings, then shut down the Mariners. Ron Villone (3-2) took the loss, a season-high sixth straight by Seattle.

Indians 8, Devil Rays 7, 10 innings

CLEVELAND - After Julio Lugo hit a tying, two-run homer for Tampa Bay in the ninth inning, Casey Blake homered in the 10th for Cleveland.

Blake homered off Lance Carter (1-2) leading off the inning. Tampa Bay has lost seven of eight and has not won consecutive games all year.

Rick White (1-0) pitched one inning for his first win since July 23, when he was with the Chicago White Sox.

Lugo tied a career high with five RBIs.

Athletics 6, Royals 2

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Oakland's Tim Hudson pitched eight strong inning and moved into second place in career winning percentage.

Hudson (4-1) improved to 84-34 for a .712 winning percentage, second only to Spud Chandler (.717) among pitchers with 50 or more wins.

Eric Karros and Scott Hatteberg homered and had two RBIs apiece.

Hudson allowed five hits, struck out two and walked two. Jimmy Gobble (1-2) was the loser.

Angels 10, Orioles 9, 10 innings

BALTIMORE - Chone Figgins hit a grand slam for his first major league homer and drove in a career-high six runs, including a tiebreaking single in the 10th inning, to lead Anaheim.

Rafael Palmeiro hit his 534th home run, tying Jimmie Foxx for 12th on the career list, and the Orioles rallied from a 9-6 deficit in the ninth against Troy Percival (2-0), who blew a save. Scot Shields pitched the 10th for his third save.

Adam Kennedy started the decisive rally with a one-out single off Jorge Julio (1-1). With two outs, Kennedy stole second and scored on Figgins' career-best fifth hit, a single to left.

Twins 3, White Sox 2

CHICAGO - Jacque Jones went 3-for-3 and tied the game with an RBI single, and Lew Ford drove in the go-ahead run to rally Minnesota.

Aaron Rowand homered for Chicago, but the White Sox managed only two hits in the final five innings as they lost for the sixth time in nine games.

Protecting a 2-1 lead in the eighth, Damaso Marte (1-2) walked Doug Mientkiewicz and Torii Hunter with one out. Jones singled, scoring Mientkiewicz to tie the game at 2. Shingo Takatsu relieved Marte, but Ford hit a grounder up the middle that Takatsu couldn't grab and Hunter easily scored.

Juan Rincon (5-2) struck out two and walked one in 1 1-3 inning for the Twins, and Joe Nathan pitched the ninth for his 11th save in 12 chances.