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at Baltimore 4, Detroit 3: Melvin Mora doubled in two runs in the eighth inning to help the Orioles rally for the win. The Tigers retained their half-game lead in the Central Division after the Minnesota Twins lost to the Boston Red Sox.
at Oakland 7, Cleveland 4: Rich Harden struck out seven in an impressive return from the disabled list and Jason Kendall hit a pair of two-run singles for the Athletics, who reduced their magic number to win the West Division to four.
Seattle 9, at Chicago 0: The defending World Series champion White Sox lost for the sixth time in seven games. Raul Ibanez had three RBIs for the Mariners and Adrian Beltre hit a ninth-inning grand slam.
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