Orioles turn back Yankees

NEW YORK -- Rookie Travis Driskill held baseball's most powerful team in check, and Tony Batista hit his 14th home run as the Baltimore Orioles beat the New York Yankees 4-3 Wednesday night.

Driskill (3-0) spent nine seasons in the minor leagues and Japan before making his major league debut as a 30-year-old in April.

David Wells (6-3) Wells gave up four runs and eight hits in eight innings.

Buddy Groom got the final out of the eighth and Jorge Julio pitched the ninth for his 10th save.

Red Sox 11, Tigers 0

DETROIT -- Derek Lowe became the American League's first nine-game winner, allowing two hits in six innings as the Tigers lost for the sixth time in seven games.

Nomar Garciaparra, Johnny Damon and Carlos Baerga each drove in three runs for the Red Sox, who improved to 24-6 on the road.

Lowe (9-2) left after six innings, allowing two infield singles and a walk, striking out two.

Lowe has now gone 104 innings without allowing a homer.

Indians 6, Twins 4

MINNEAPOLIS -- Ellis Burks and Jim Thome backed C.C. Sabathia with consecutive first-inning home runs, helping Cleveland recover from their worst defeat ever.

Thome hit his 300th career homer for Cleveland, a night after a 23-2 loss to the Twins tied the largest losing margin in team history.

Devil Rays 8, Blue Jays 6

TORONTO -- Wilson Alvarez won for the first time in almost three years, and the Tampa Bay Devil Rays ended a five-game losing streak.

Carlos Delgado hit his 14th homer for the Blue Jays, who had won five straight and lost for the first time in three games under new manager Carlos Tosca.

Alvarez (1-1), who missed the last two seasons recovering from shoulder surgery, allowed two runs on six hits in six innings for his first win since beating Cleveland on Aug. 29, 1999.

White Sox 6, Royals 1

CHICAGO -- Gary Glover pitched three-hit ball for seven innings, and Kenny Lofton hit a bases-loaded triple to lead Chicago.

Glover (2-1) allowed one run, walked one and struck out five.

He had not pitched past the fifth inning in any of his previous five starts.

Jeff Suppan (5-5) allowed five runs and eight hits in 5 1-3 innings.

-- From wire reports