RESULTS

* at Texas 14, Minnesota 4: Gerald Laird hit his first career grand slam in an eight-run fifth inning, and Sammy Sosa had two doubles and three RBIs for the Rangers at Arlington.

* at Chicago 8, Oakland 5: Rob Mackowiak hit a go-ahead two-run single in the sixth inning, and Darin Erstad drove in three runs for the White Sox.

* at New York 6, Boston 2: Alex Rodriguez homered for the third straight game and Jason Giambi ended a one-for-26 slump with an upper-deck homer.

* at Cleveland 5, Seattle 2: Casey Blake homered and Josh Barfield had two RBIs as the Indians remained baseball’s best home team with the victory.