Toronto's Shaun Marcum won a pitching duel to lead the Blue Jays to a 2-0 win over the Chicago White Sox in the American League on Friday. Marcum matched Chicago's Mark Buehrle pitch for pitch and Shannon Stewart drove in the only runs for Toronto. Marcum struck out nine and won for the first time in three starts, lowering his ERA to 2.70. He allowed just two hits, both singles. Buehrle gave up only two runs – both unearned – in eight innings. Yankees 5, Mariners 1: In New York, Chien-Ming Wang became the American League's first six-game winner this season, ending New York's three-game losing streak by downing Seattle. Wang pitched shutout ball into the sixth inning. The Yankees improved to 27-7 when Wang starts following a loss, winning 11 in a row. He's even more consistent against Seattle, with seven wins against the Mariners in as many career starts. Orioles 4, Angels 3: In Anaheim, California, Jeremy Guthrie won for the first time in 16 starts as Baltimore downed Los Angeles to start a 10-game road trip with a win. Nick Markakis and Melvin Mora each drove in two runs for the Orioles. Guthrie got his first win since July last year. The right-hander allowed only three hits over seven innings. Twins 11, Tigers 1: In Minneapolis, Livan Hernandez baffled Detroit's sluggers for seven innings to give Minnesota victory. The Twins then beat up the Tigers' normally reliable bullpen. Hernandez gave up just one run to bounce back from a horrendous start in Texas, and the Twins scored four runs in the seventh inning to get some breathing room in their third straight win. The defeat was a letdown for a Tigers outfit coming off its first sweep of the Yankees in New York since 1966. Rangers 4, Athletics 3: In Oakland, California, Milton Bradley had three hits against his former team as Texas downed Oakland. The Rangers took advantage of four errors to post its first three-game winning streak of the season. Red Sox 7, Rays 3: In Boston, Dustin Pedroia drove in three runs, including a two-run single in a five-run fourth inning, as Boston beat Tampa Bay. The start was delayed 2 hours, 27 minutes by rain. Only a couple thousand fans remained in Fenway Park when the game ended at 12:48 A.M. local time.
