Piniella Gets Cheers, Loss in Seattle Return

Jamie Moyer earned his 12th victory as the Seattle Mariners spoiled Lou Piniella’s return to Safeco Field with a 4-3 victory over the Tampa Bay Devil Rays on Friday night.

Fans at Safeco Field cheered Piniella at every opportunity. The Devil Ray manager spent the previous 10 years with the Mariners, helping build them into one of the top teams in baseball.

Moyer (12-5) threw 22 pitches in the first inning, when the Devil Rays jumped to a 2-0 lead. Then he settled into the rhythm that earned him his first trip to the All-Star game at age 40, retiring 21 of the next 24 batters through the eighth inning. Moyer gave up three runs and eight hits with five strikeouts and one walk. He became the fourth AL pitcher to reach 12 wins.

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New York 8, Toronto 5 -- At Toronto, Andy Pettitte (11-6) won a start for the sixth consecutive time and the Yankees remained two games of the Boston Red Sox in the East Division.

Yankee right fielder Raul Mondesi returned to the starting lineup a day after angrily complaining about playing time. Toronto reliever Scott Service walked him with the bases loaded in the seventh, scoring the go-ahead run.

The Blue Jays have lost four in a row and 11 of 13, including the first four of 12 consecutive games against the Red Sox and Yankees -- the two teams ahead of Toronto in the standings.

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Cleveland 12, Chicago 5 -- At Cleveland, Ben Broussard hit two home runs and had a career-high five RBIs, and Brian Anderson (7-6) earned his third consecutive win. Anderson yielded five runs -- two earned -- and six hits over five innings to improve to 4-0 in his last six starts.

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Kansas City 13, Texas 3 -- Carlos Beltran and Raul Ibanez each homered and each had three RBIs, and the Royals used an eight-run eighth inning to rout the Rangers at Arlington, Texas.

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Oakland 2, Baltimore 0 -- Tim Hudson (7-3) pitched a three-hitter and Terrence Long hit a double in the seventh inning to break a scoreless game at Oakland. The A’s improved to 6-5 on their 13-game home stand.

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Boston 5, Detroit 3 -- Mike Maroth (4-13) gave up four runs in 5 2/3 innings at Detroit in joining teammate Jeremy Bonderman as the only pitchers in the majors with 13 losses. He walked three, struck out four and hit a batter