BALTIMORE – Aaron Boone hit a three-run homer in the ninth inning, lifting the New York Yankees to a 6-4 victory over the Baltimore Orioles on Friday night.

Boone was 6-for-51 with the Yankees since arriving in a July 31 trade with Cincinnati before connecting off Jorge Julio (0-5). Alfonso Soriano added a solo shot for a 6-3 lead.

Indians 1, Devil Rays 0

CLEVELAND – Josh Bard hit a one-out RBI single in the ninth inning, lifting C.C. Sabathia to his first career shutout as the Cleveland Indians beat the Tampa Bay Devil Rays 1-0.

Rangers 11, White Sox 5

ARLINGTON, Texas – Colby Lewis struck out a career-high 10 batters and Rafael Palmeiro drove in four runs as the Texas Rangers beat Estaban Loaiza and the Chicago White Sox 11-5 Friday night.

Michael Young homered and drove in three runs as Texas sent Chicago to its third straight loss. Lewis allowed four runs and seven hits in a season-high 7 2-3 innings.

to win his second straight start.

He was relieved by Ron Mahay.

gressed, striking out the side in the eighth inning on 10 pitches and retiring 14 of his last 16 batters.

He allowed just four hits and struck out a season-high nine while walking three in his second straight win.

Sabathia was supported by a solid defense that turned two inning-ending double plays. Shortstop Jhonny Peralta retired two baserunners on hard hit grounders deep into the hole.

Victor Zambrano matched Sabathia through eight innings, allowing on three hits and four walks and striking out seven.

straight time to get Damian Moss his first AL victory. Moss, obtained in the July 31 trade that sent Sidney Ponson to San Francisco, was lifted in the sixth with Baltimore holding a 5-3 lead.

The Yankees rallied against the Orioles’ bullpen in the seventh. After New York loaded the bases with no outs against Eric DuBose (1-2), Bernie Williams hit a two-run single off Hector Carrasco and Matsui lifted a long foul ball down the left-field line that produced the go-ahead run.

That was enough to give Pettitte another victory over the Orioles, his third without a loss this season.

Mariano Rivera got four outs for his 24th save in 29 chances.

New York used a sacrifice fly by Jason Giambi and an RBI double by Matsui to go up 2-0 in the fourth, but the Orioles scored four runs in their half.

Deivi Cruz walked, Jay Gibbons singled and Batista ended an 0-for-12 skid by sending a 1-1 fastball into the left-field seats. Jose Leon then reached second when his pop fly to center dropped in front of Williams, and Bigbie followed with an RBI single.

David Delluci, a former Oriole playing in Baltimore for the first time since 1997, hit an RBI double in the fifth to make it 4-3. Roberts led off the Orioles’ half with his fourth homer, the first since June 14.

Notes: The game was a makeup of the July 2 rainout. … Orioles 1B Jeff Conine, who missed a sixth straight game with bursitis in his right biceps, could be sidelined through the weekend, manager Mike Hargrove said. … New York’s Aaron Boone went 0-for-4 with a walk and is 6-for-48 (.125) in 13 games since being acquired in a trade with Cincinnati. … Cruz, who had only seven walks all season, received two from Pettitte.

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