Boston Red Sox Jacoby Ellsbury is greeted at homeplate by teammate Josh Reddick after his three-run home run in Detroit Thursday. (AP) DETROIT: Jacoby Ellsbury hit a three-run homer in a five-run second inning as the hot-hitting Boston Red Sox went on to rout the Detroit Tigers 14-1 in an eight-inning, rain-shortened American League game Thursday. The Red Sox scored at least 14 runs in back-to-back games for the first time since 1998. Boston has won 11 of 13. Carl Crawford's two-run triple gave the Red Sox a seven-run lead and chased Detroit starter Max Scherzer (6-2). Alfredo Aceves (2-0) took the win in his second Boston start, allowing one run striking out six over six innings. He has won his past 12 decisions, dating to 2009 when he was a Yankees reliever, for baseball's longest winning streak since Cliff Lee with Cleveland three years ago. Athletics 4, Angels 3: In Anaheim, Brett Anderson pitched eight scoreless innings to steer last-placed Oakland past Los Angeles. Anderson (3-4) beat the Angels for the first time in six career starts. Los Angeles' runs came from a three-run homer with two outs in the ninth, but the hosts could not get a tying run. Andy LaRoche drove in three runs for the A's. White Sox 3, Blue Jays 1: In Toronto, Juan Pierre's ninth-inning infield single drove in the tiebreaking run as Chicago downed Toronto. Pierre went 2 for 4 with two RBIs and extended his hitting streak to 11 games. Orioles 6, Royals 5, 12 innings: In Baltimore, Vladimir Guerrero singled home the winning run in the 12th inning to give Baltimore its season-high fifth straight victory, edging Kansas City. Lee stars with the bat Cliff Lee drove in three runs from the plate and pitched eight effective innings from the mound, leading the Philadelphia Phillies to a 10-4 victory over the Cincinnati Reds in the National League Thursday. Raul Ibanez hit a three-run homer, and Chase Utley also connected as the teams resumed hostilies with little sleep, with their previous game ending at 1.19 A.M. Thursday. Lee (4-4) threw 114 pitches in eight innings. But his biggest contributions came with the bat. The Phillies loaded the bases with no outs in the sixth inning against Daryl Thompson (0-1), who was making his major league debut. Lee (4-4) followed a walk with a first-pitch double over the center fielder's head. It bounced over the fence for a ground-rule double. An inning later, Lee's single up the middle scored John Mayberry Jr. Marlins 1, Giants 0: In San Francisco, Anibal Sanchez threw a complete game shutout to lead Florida over a San Francisco team still reeling from loss of catcher Bustor Posey. Diamondbacks 6, Rockies 3: In Denver, Micah Owings pitched five effective innings for his first win in more than a year, leading Arizona over Colorado and Miguel Montero hit a three-run homer, helping Arizona win for the ninth time in 10 games. Cubs 9, Mets 3: In Chicago, Carlos Zambrano pitched six strong innings, went 3 for 3 at the plate and drove in a run in Chicago's victory over New York.
