Lohse Helps Twins Keep Share of Lead

Kyle Lohse shut out the Cleveland Indians for 7 1/3 innings and Cristian Guzman homered for the first time in more than a year Saturday night at Cleveland as the Minnesota Twins won, 2-0, to remain tied for the Central Division lead with the Chicago White Sox.

Lohse (13-11) yielded six hits and matched a career high with nine strikeouts. LaTroy Hawkins got two outs in the eighth and Eddie Guardado pitched a perfect ninth for his 35th save.

Guzman hit his first homer since Sept. 11 last season -- 600 plate appearances -- off rookie Jason Stanford (0-2) in the sixth and Torii Hunter homered in the seventh.

New York 6-6, Tampa Bay 5-3 -- Bernie Williams homered twice in a game for the first time in more than a year and Ruben Sierra added a go-ahead homer in the eighth inning as the Yankees won the opener of a day-night doubleheader.

Sierra then drove in three runs to help them complete the sweep at Yankee Stadium.

New York matched its longest winning streak of the season at eight and opened a 5 1/2-game lead over the second-place Red Sox in the East Division.

Mike Mussina (17-7) got his 199th win in the nightcap and improved to 11-3 against the Devil Rays. Mariano Rivera saved both games.

Kansas City 7, Detroit 0 -- Jamey Wright (1-1) pitched a seven-hitter to win for the first time in almost a year and Carlos Beltran drove in three runs at Detroit. Wright earned his first major league victory since last Sept. 23, when he beat Arizona while pitching for St. Louis.

The Tigers (38-109) tied a franchise record with their 109th loss, originally set in 1996. Their 215 losses in consecutive seasons tie the 1916-17 Philadelphia Athletics for seventh-most in the majors since 1900. It also was their 16th shutout loss of the season.

Toronto 6, Baltimore 1 -- Greg Myers became the second catcher in Blue Jay history to hit an inside-the-park home run, and it helped them win their fourth game in a row. Myers, who scored standing up, is the first Blue Jay player to hit an inside-the-park homer since catcher Ken Huckaby did it July 17, 2002, also against the Orioles.

Oakland 9, Texas 3 -- At Arlington, Texas, Erubiel Durazo hit two home runs and Jose Guillen also homered, giving the Athletics their fifth win in a row. A’s starter Tim Hudson (15-6) gave up three runs and six hits in the first two innings but still ended his two-game losing streak.