Chicago – Chien-Ming Wang allowed six hits and a run over seven innings and Hideki Matsui drove in four runs Wednesday night as the New York Yankees beat the Chicago White Sox 8-1 to gain a split in their day-night doubleheader.
Wang (2-3) beat Jose Contreras (3-4), who gave up five hits and four runs – two earned – in 6 2/3 innings on a 46-degree night at U.S. Cellular Field.
In the first game, rookie left-hander John Danks (2-4) worked out of a couple of tight jams and outpitched veteran Mike Mussina (2-2) to give the White Sox a 5-3 victory.
A.J. Pierzynski hit a tiebreaking homer to start a three-run sixth and Paul Konerko also homered for the White Sox.
INDIANS 7, TWINS 1 at Cleveland: C.C. Sabathia pitched eight sharp innings and Trot Nixon drove in three runs.
Sabathia (6-1) allowed five hits, struck out five, walked one and hit a batter. Minnesota’s only run came on Nick Punto’s single in the second. The left-hander won his first five decisions before allowing six runs in a loss to Oakland on May 11.
Nixon drove in two runs with a bases- loaded single in the fifth and added a sacrifice fly in the seventh.
ROYALS 4, ATHLETICS 3 at Oakland, Calif.: Ryan Shealy came off the disabled list to hit a go-ahead RBI single in the ninth inning. After Esteban German drew a one- out walk, John Buck’s run-scoring double tied the game. Pinch-runner Paul Phillips then scored on Shealy’s second hit of the night.
The A’s had gone ahead in the eighth on Jack Cust’s seventh home run in just 10 games, a solo shot to center off Jimmy Gobble (3-1) with one out.
BLUE JAYS 2, ORIOLES 1 at Toronto: A.J. Burnett (4-3) pitched a three-hitter with 10 strikeouts, Troy Glaus singled home the go-ahead run and Toronto recorded its first three-game sweep of the season.
DEVIL RAYS 11, RANGERS 8 at Kissimmee, Fla.: Carl Crawford tripled with the bases loaded and Delmon Young also drove in three runs as Tampa Bay overcame Sammy Sosa’s 597th homer at Disney World.
ANGELS 5, MARINERS 0 at Seattle: John Lackey (6-3) was overpowering for six innings, retiring 14 straight batters after Ichiro Suzuki lined his first pitch into center field for a single. Lackey allowed four hits, struck out four and walked one – intentionally.
