SEATTLE – Jamie Moyer beat Baltimore for the 14th consecutive time – the longest current streak by a pitcher against one team – and the Seattle Mariners completed a three-game series sweep over the Orioles with a 3-0 victory on Sunday.

The Mariners stayed two games behind Oakland in the AL West and moved 11/2 games ahead of Boston in the wild-card race.

The Orioles lost their season-worst eighth straight game for the second time in August. They’ve been outscored 45-12 during their current losing skid.

Athletics 4, Devil Rays 3

OAKLAND, Calif. – Miguel Tejada homered and rookie Rich Harden got his first win in five starts as the Oakland Athletics finished a perfect homestand with their ninth straight victory, 4-3 over the Tampa Bay Devil Rays on Sunday.

The A’s aren’t quite halfway to their AL-record streak of 20 straight victories last season, but with 13 wins in their last 15 games, they’ve taken the AL West lead away from Seattle with 25 games to play.

Harden (4-3) struck out 10 over seven strong innings, reclaiming the control and blazing fastball that got him off to a 3-0 start in July. He allowed five hits and a walk, retiring 12 of the Devil Rays’ final 14 hitters.

Angels 7, Royals 4

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Scott Spiezio and Garret Anderson each homered and drove in two runs, leading the Anaheim Angels past the Kansas City Royals 7-4 Sunday in the first game of a doubleheader.

Chone Figgins also had two RBIs for the Angels, who knocked Kansas City a game behind Chicago in the AL Central.

Scot Shields (4-4) went five innings and got the victory despite throwing three wild pitches.

Rangers 11, Twins 10

ARLINGTON, Texas – Alex Rodriguez became the second player in major league history with six straight 40-homer seasons, and Einar Diaz singled home the winning run in the ninth inning as the Texas Rangers beat the Minnesota Twins 11-10 Sunday.

Mark Teixeira hit a tiebreaking, three-run shot to help the Rangers snap a five-game losing streak.

Making his first start at DH since Aug. 4, 2001, Rodriguez hit his 40th homer in the first inning, a two-run drive. Babe Ruth holds the major league record with seven consecutive seasons of 40 or more homers from 1926-32.

Indians 5, Blue Jays 4

CLEVELAND – Ninth-inning throwing errors by Kevin Cash and Frank Catalanotto allowed the Cleveland Indians to score two runs for a 5-4 win Sunday over the Toronto Blue Jays.

With the Indians down 4-3, Tim Laker led off the ninth with a single.

Jhonny Peralta laid down a bunt two feet in front of home plate that Cash threw into center field to put runners at second and third.

White Sox 6, Tigers 1

DETROIT – Magglio Ordonez hit a tiebreaking single in the eighth inning and Esteban Loaiza became the AL’s first 18-game winner as the Chicago White Sox beat the Detroit Tigers 6-1 on Sunday.

Chicago came in leading the AL Central by a half-game over the Kansas City Royals, who played a doubleheader against Anaheim on Sunday.

Braves 10, Pirates 4

PITTSBURGH – Andruw Jones, Vinny Castilla and Javy Lopez homered and the Atlanta Braves roughed up Pittsburgh’s pitching staff for the second straight day in a 10-4 victory Sunday.

The Braves can complete a sixth 100-win season under manager Bobby Cox by going 13-13 in September. Only the Yankees’ Joe McCarthy has managed six 100-victory seasons with the same team.

Brewers 2, Cubs 0

CHICAGO – Doug Davis made another strong start, pitching into the ninth inning as the Milwaukee Brewers beat the Chicago Cubs 2-0 Sunday.

Right fielder Jason Conti made a sliding, game-ending catch with the bases loaded to preserve the 12th victory in 13 games for Milwaukee, which had a 10-game winning streak .

Marlins 5, Expos 3

MIAMI – Derrek Lee hit a three-run homer and Mark Redman snapped a personal three-game losing streak as the Florida Marlins beat the Montreal Expos 5-3 on Sunday for their third consecutive victory.