Ordonez hits pair of HRs to spark Tigers

Magglio Ordonez and the Detroit Tigers are starting to hit the way they hoped. Staying healthy, that's the tricky part.

Ordonez hit 2 of the Tigers' 5 home runs Thursday and Detroit finished off a convincing three-game sweep with an 8-2 win over the Texas Rangers in Detroit.

The Tigers outscored Texas 37-10 in the series and have won four in a row. Texas has lost seven straight.

"We knew this was going to be a good lineup," Tigers manager Jim Leyland said. "Now we're getting some big hits from the top of the order, and we're also getting a lot from the bottom guys. That's what happens -- hitting gets contagious."

Ordonez isn't surprised the Tigers' offense has come alive.

"It was just a matter of time," he said. "Now we'll get into our momentum -- our rhythm. We're going to start winning."

Leyland, though, faces yet another injury shuffle after left fielder Jacque Jones bruised his knee when he bumped into the fence in the fourth inning. Jones joined Carlos Guillen (knee) and Gary Sheffield (shoulder) on the bench.

Jones said that he didn't expect to miss much time, but Guillen was having trouble walking around the clubhouse after fouling a pitch off his knee the day before.

Angels 7, Red Sox 5: Joe Saunders pitched 6 solid innings to win his fourth consecutive decision, and Gary Matthews Jr. singled in the go-ahead runs in the Angels' 4-run seventh inning as Los Angeles beat host Boston.

Saunders (4-0) left trailing 3-1. The Angels rallied in the seventh, when three Red Sox relievers allowed 4 singles and 3 walks to give Los Angeles a 5-3 lead.

Athletics 11, Twins 2: Donnie Murphy hit solo homers in the fifth and sixth innings, but they both came after the host A's had jumped on Minnesota's Francisco Liriano for 6 runs in the first.

Indians 9, Royals 6: In the opener of a doubleheader, Grady Sizemore had 4 hits and 2 RBI, and Fausto Carmona (3-1) survived 5 shaky innings to send Kansas City to its sixth straight loss.

Sizemore was 4-for-5 with 3 singles and a solo home run.

Rays 5, Blue Jays 3: Evan Longoria tripled and had a sacrifice fly, and Eric Hinske drove in 2 runs for host Tampa, which completed a three-game sweep of a home-away-from-home series at Disney World.

The Rays improved to 6-0 in regular-season games they've played here in an ongoing effort to bolster fan support in the Orlando area, which is about 90 miles east of the team's domed stadium in St. Petersburg.