NEW YORK – Randy Johnson’s encouraging outing ended abruptly when he was ejected for throwing inside, and the New York Yankees beat the slumping Cleveland Indians 6-1 in a testy game Wednesday night.
Johnny Damon and Andy Phillips homered for New York, which won its second straight after dropping four in a row. Bernie Williams added a key RBI double and Robinson Cano had three hits, sending Cleveland to its 14th loss in 16 games at Yankee Stadium since the start of 2002. Indians starter Jason Johnson couldn’t equal The Big Unit in a matchup of Johnson vs. Johnson, and Cleveland’s dangerous lineup was shut down for the second consecutive night. The Indians have lost five of six and eight of 11 overall.
Blue Jays 6, Orioles 3
TORONTO – Alex Rios, Frank Catalanotto and Vernon Wells homered to lead the Toronto Blue Jays to a 6-3 victory over the Baltimore Orioles on Wednesday night.
Rios and Catalanotto hit back-to-back homers in the first off Rodrigo Lopez (4-8) – the first two batters the right-hander faced. It was the seventh time this season Toronto has hit consecutive home runs.
Rangers 8, White Sox 0
ARLINGTON, Texas – Getting a turn as the Texas designated hitter, Hank Blalock snapped out of his offensive slump with a homer and an RBI double in the Rangers’ 8-0 victory over the Chicago White Sox on Wednesday night.
Vicente Padilla (6-4) struck out seven and allowed only three singles over eight shutout innings.
Devil Rays 5, Tigers 1
DETROIT – Jorge Cantu hit a three-run double in the 11th inning to help the Tampa Bay Devil Rays beat the Detroit Tigers 5-1 Wednesday night.
Toby Hall and Travis Lee both singled off Todd Jones (1-5) with no outs in the 11th. Jones got Julio Lugo to bunt into a force at third and Carl Crawford to pop out but then hit Rocco Baldelli to load the bases.
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