Los Angeles Angels pitcher Jered Weaver pitches against Boston Thursday night in Anaheim. Weaver's bid to begin his major league career with a 10-0 record ended with a 2-1 loss.

Jered Weaver was more concerned about the Los Angeles Angels' loss than his winning streak coming to an end.

Weaver was trying to become the third pitcher in major league history to win his first 10 decisions as a starter, but lost to Josh Beckett and the Boston Red Sox 2-1 on Thursday night.

"I wasn't worried about the streak," Weaver said. "It's all about going out there and competing and trying to give our team a chance to win the game. I've been having good hitting and good defense behind me in my last 12 starts or so, but I ran into a good pitcher. Beckett was on his `A' game tonight."

Weaver was trying to join Hooks Wiltse of the 1904 New York Giants (12-0) and Kirk Reuter of the 1993-94 Montreal Expos (10-0).

Weaver and Whitey Ford of the 1950 New York Yankees share the AL record by beginning their respective careers with nine straight wins as starters.

Weaver pitched well, but left trailing 1-0 after allowing four hits — including a solo homer by David Ortiz — in six innings. The 23-year-old right-hander walked one and struck out six while lowering his ERA to 1.92.

While Weaver has been dominant this season, Beckett rebounded from one of the worst outings of his career to pitch six strong innings. He entered with an 0-3 record in four starts this month, having allowed 30 hits and 23 earned runs in 23 2-3 innings. In his previous outing, he walked nine and gave up nine earned runs — both career highs — in a 13-5 loss to the New York Yankees.

Mariners 4, Yankees 2Jarrod Washburn had a season-high nine strikeouts in the victory.Seattle rebounded from a franchise-worst 0-11 road trip that ended Sunday for its first home series win over New York since April 7-9, 2000.The Yankees lost for the second time on their eight-game road trip, despite Randy Johnson's second complete game of the season, and 98th of his career. Johnson (14-10) allowed four runs and seven hits.

White Sox 10, Tigers 0Jon Garland pitched a six-hitter and Jermaine Dye homered twice to lift Chicago over the host Tigers for a four-game split.Chicago, which lost the first two games by a combined 11-1, trails the first-place Tigers by 5Z\x games in the AL Central and has a slim lead over Minnesota in the wild-card race. Detroit, which has lost five of seven, had a 10-game lead after play on Aug. 7.

Indians 8, Royals 4Rookie Andy Marte had a career-high three RBIs, and Victor Martinez and Ryan Garko hit ninth-inning solo homers to lead Cleveland over the host Royals.Marte's RBI double in the eighth drove in Jhonny Peralta for a 5-4 lead. It was the only hit off Jimmy Gobble (3-5), and the run was unearned because Peralta reached on shortstop Angel Berroa's throwing error. Marte was 3-for-4 and reached base four times.

Rangers 4, Devil Rays 3Robinson Tejeda won his second consecutive start since being called up from minors and Carlos Lee hit a solo homer, helping visiting Texas beat Tampa Bay and avoid a four-game sweep.

Twins 11, Orioles 2Michael Cuddyer went 4-for-4 with four RBIs, Joe Mauer had three hits and drove in four runs, and Minnesota cruised past the host Orioles.