The Associated Press

CLEVELAND - Kenny Rogers became baseball's first 12-game winner, and the Texas Rangers roughed up All-Star C.C. Sabathia in an 8-5 victory over the Cleveland Indians on Monday night.

Rogers (12-2) didn't encounter much trouble until the sixth inning when the Indians closed within 8-5. Before that, the 39-year-old was in control, using his usual assortment of off-speed pitches to confound Cleveland's hitters.

He allowed five runs and seven hits in 5 1-3 innings, and set a career-high by winning his eighth straight decision. He has not lost since May 9.

Assured of one more start before next week's All-Star game and with nearly half the season remaining, Rogers is just one win shy of his victory total for each of the past two seasons.

Alfonso Soriano hit a two-run homer and Mark Teixeira had two RBI and scored three times for the Rangers, now 12-5 since June 18.

While Rogers kept rolling, the troubles continued for Sabathia (5-4), who came in with the AL's lowest ERA. However, he was noticeably rusty in his first start since June 26, giving up six runs and eight hits in three innings.

Yankees 10, Tigers 3

NEW YORK - Alex Rodriguez, Gary Sheffield, Bernie Williams and Ruben Sierra hit home runs, and the New York Yankees took out their frustration on Detroit pitching.

Swept by the New York Mets over the weekend, the Yankees bolted to a 7-0 lead in the second inning. Jason Giambi, who hadn't started since June 26 because of intestinal parasites, put the Yankees ahead with an RBI single. Jon Lieber (6-5) pitched shutout ball into the seventh and sent Detroit to its fifth straight loss.

Twins 9, Royals 0

MINNEPOLIS - Brad Radke pitched a four-hitter for his first win since May 22. Kansas City has lost six straight for the second time this year and, at 29-51 have the franchise's worst record after 80 games. Jacque Jones and Nick Punto hit two-run homers for Minnesota, which has won three of four. Lew Ford went 3-for-4, and Joe Mauer had two doubles.

Orioles 4-8, Devil Rays 2-2

BALTIMORE - Dave Borkowski took a shutout into the ninth inning of his first major league appearance since 2001, and Jerry Hairston had four hits and four runs, leading Baltimore to the doubleheader sweep.

In the day game, Daniel Cabrera and two relievers limited Tampa Bay to four hits, and Baltimore used successive two-out RBI doubles in the seventh inning by Luis Matos and Tim Raines Jr. in a 4-2 victory. Javy Lopez had two hits and scored twice for the Orioles, who used an 11-hit attack to overcome a two-run homer by Tino Martinez in the opener.