Wakefield baffles clueless Tigers

Tim Wakefield allowed 2 hits in 8 shutout innings to lift the Boston Red Sox to a 5-0 victory over the host Detroit Tigers on Tuesday night.

David Ortiz and Manny Ramirez also hit back-to-back homers on successive pitches in Boston's fifth straight win and seventh in the last eight games.

Detroit, which was shut out for the fifth time this season, has lost five straight.

Wakefield's knuckler was in classic form as it befuddled the Tigers all night long as he improved his record to 3-1, with his first win since April 20. He had a season-high six strikeouts and didn't walk a batter.

Tigers starter Nate Robertson (1-4) took the loss. He allowed 4 runs and 10 hits in 6½ innings.

Indians 5, Yankees 3: Pinch hitter David Dellucci stunned the host New York Yankees with a go-ahead homer off Joba Chamberlain, and Cleveland rallied for a victory in the opener of a three-game series.

Dellucci's 3-run shot with two outs in the eighth inning spoiled a strong start by Andy Pettitte and boosted a Cleveland offense that's been struggling mightily at the plate.

It was only the second home run allowed in 37 career innings by Chamberlain (1-2), the hard-throwing reliever who has been nearly unhittable since reaching the majors last August. Boston's Mike Lowell hit the other one on Sept. 16.

Rafael Perez (1-1) tossed 2 scoreless innings for the win. Jensen Lewis worked a 1-hit eighth, and Rafael Betancourt got three quick outs for his third save.

Rays 5, Blue Jays 4: Andy Sonnanstine won his fourth straight start, Eric Hinske homered, and Tampa Bay beat host Toronto, snapping the Blue Jays' five-game winning streak.

Sonnanstine (5-1) allowed 4 runs and 10 hits in 6 innings, becoming the fastest five-game winner in Tampa Bay's 11-year history. He walked one and struck out two. Dan Wheeler worked the seventh and eighth while Troy Percival pitched the ninth for his seventh save.

The Rays broke a three-game losing streak, while the Blue Jays lost for the first time since April 30 at Boston.

Hinske, a rookie of the year with Toronto in 2002, crushed an A.J. Burnett (3-3) pitch off the center-field restaurant in the sixth for his seventh homer.

Angels 5, Royals 3: Garret Anderson homered for the second straight game and drove in 5 runs to lift Los Angeles to a 5-3 win over host Kansas City.

Vladimir Guerrero tripled, doubled and walked and scored 2 runs for the Angels, who went to a season-best 9 games over .500 with their major-league-leading 12th road victory.