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NEW YORK – Alex Rodriguez and the rest of the New York Yankees’ sluggers made Chase Wright an easy winner in his big league debut.

Rodriguez hit his major league-leading eighth home run, and Jorge Posada and Doug Mientkiewicz also connected in the second inning off Jake Westbrook to power New York past the Cleveland Indians 10-3 Tuesday night.

Devil Rays 6, Orioles 4

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – Rocco Baldelli had a two-run single during a six-run fourth inning, and the Tampa Bay Devil Rays beat Baltimore 6-4 Tuesday night to stop the Orioles’ four-game winning streak.

Tigers 7, Royals 6

DETROIT – Placido Polanco’s tiebreaking single with two outs in the eighth inning gave the Detroit Tigers a 7-6 win over Kansas City on Tuesday night and extended the Royals’ losing streak to six.

Polanco also hit a solo home run and tripled, Magglio Ordonez had three hits and three RBIs and Marcus Thames homered.

David DeJesus had four hits with a homer for Kansas City.

and scored three runs for Kansas City.

which is 1-7 on the road.

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