Contreras Extends Win Streak to 15

Jose Contreras won his 15th straight decision with a nearly dominant performance Monday night, striking out a career-high 11 without a walk and pitching the Chicago White Sox to an 8-3 victory over the Texas Rangers at Arlington, Texas.

“I felt that this was my best start of the year,” Contreras said through an interpreter. “I had everything working, including the split, slider, changeup ... in and out, up and down, throwing strikes.”

Contreras (7-0), who hasn’t lost in the regular season since Aug. 15, threw 75 of his 108 pitches for strikes over eight innings.

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Baltimore 6, Toronto 4 -- Ramon Hernandez homered at Toronto and Kris Benson beat the Blue Jays for the third time this season. The Blue Jays lost their third straight, matching their longest skid of the season.

Detroit 4, Tampa Bay 3 -- Curtis Granderson’s single scored Brandon Inge in the 13th inning to give the Tigers the win at Detroit.

Brian Meadows came into the game in the 11th, and it looked as though he was about to get his second out in the 13th when shortstop Julio Lugo made a throwing error on Inge’s grounder. Inge reached second and Granderson followed with a single to center.