C.J. Wilson got his first career shutout on a record-setting night for the Texas Rangers. Wilson threw a five-hitter, David Murphy drove in four runs and the AL West-leading Rangers beat the Tampa Bay Rays 8-0 Tuesday. “He told us in the fifth inning that he was going to finish,” Texas manager Ron Washington said. “He had a good cutter working. Tight slider. Moving his fastball around. He was in control.” The Rangers have 18 shutouts this season, one more than the previous team record set in 1977. Wilson (15-6) matched his career high in wins from last year and became the first Texas left-hander to record 15 or more wins in consecutive seasons. He threw 117 pitches in his third complete game of the year. Murphy and Ian Kinsler homered for the Rangers, who are 3-2 on a six-game trip to Boston and Tampa Bay. Adrian Beltre extended his hitting streak to 12 games with a third-inning single. Red Sox 14, Blue Jays 0: Jon Lester struck out 11 in seven innings to win his fourth straight decision, Marco Scutaro and David Ortiz each matched a career-high with four hits and the Boston Red Sox beat the Toronto Blue Jays. Lester (15-6) allowed just three hits, all singles, and walked one to improve to 4-0 with a 1.16 ERA in five starts since losing at Minnesota on Aug. 10. He also matched a season high for strikeouts and is 4-0 in his last six starts against Toronto. Jarrod Saltalamacchia and Josh Reddick homered as the Red Sox matched a season-high with 20 hits and scored at least two runs in each of the first five innings. Luis Perez (3-3) allowed a career-high eight runs and 10 hits in 2 2-3 innings. White Sox 3, Twins 0: Jake Peavy struck out a season-high nine and Alex Rios homered to lead the Chicago. Peavy (7-7) allowed four hits and walked two in 61/3 innings against a Twins team that had three players who were called up from Double-A in the last two days. Tigers 10, Indians 1: Victor Martinez drove in three runs and Detroit dropped Cleveland 8½ games back in the AL Central. Detroit has won five straight and is 15-4 since Aug. 19. The Tigers have won their last six meetings with Cleveland after the Indians took six of the first eight. Cleveland has lost four of six and is 40-54 since holding a seven-game lead in the Central on May 23. Other results: NY Yankees 5, Baltimore 3; Kansas City 7, Oakland 4; Seattle 2, LA Angeles 1.
