ROUNDUP

Kansas City 6, at Minnesota 4: David DeJesus and Mike Sweeney homered and Mark Redman (11-10) pitched eight strong innings at Minneapolis to prevent the Twins from moving into a tie atop the Central Division with Detroit.

Chicago 2, at Cleveland 1: Brandon McCarthy (4-7) struck out eight in his first start since June 6 in a rain-shortened, eight-inning victory. The White Sox had the bases loaded and one out in the eighth when play was stopped.

at New York 16, Baltimore 5: Jason Giambi, Bobby Abreu, Jorge Posada, Johnny Damon and Robinson Cano all homered the Yankees, and Chien-Ming Wang (19-6) tied Minnesota’s Johan Santana for the major league lead in wins.

Tampa Bay 11, at Boston 0: Tim Corcoran (5-9) gave up four hits over 6 2/3 innings and Rocco Baldelli hit a three-run homer during a nine-run seventh inning.

Oakland 7, at Seattle 6: Bobby Kielty hit a run-scoring double in the 10th inning to win it for the Athletics.