Josh Hamilton of Texas tosses his batting helmet after striking out against Baltimore Thursday in the Orioles' 4-0 win over the Rangers.

Paul Konerko had five hits and four RBI, and Mark Buehrle pitched seven shutout innings to help Chicago slow surging Minnesota 11-0 Thursday night in Minneapolis.

Buehrle (12-9) allowed five hits and struck out four. Konerko hit his 31st home run and had a double and three singles among Chicago's 21 hits to help the Sox avoid a sweep and shave the Twins' lead to four games in the AL Central.

Carl Pavano (15-8) set a career high and tied a club record with 15 hits. He gave up seven runs in six innings. The Twins lost at sold-out Target Field for the first time in 10 games and missed a chance to take a six-game lead in the division.

Athletics 4, Rays 3At Oakland, Calif., Cliff Pennington hit a go-ahead two-run double in the sixth inning and right-hander Trevor Cahill shook off an unusually rough start to record his team-leading 13th win for Oakland.

Angels 7, Red Sox 2At Boston, Hideki Matsui hit a three-run homer, then drove in another run with a bases-loaded walk, and Ervin Santana (13-8) took a two-hitter into the eighth inning to help Los Angeles snap a nine-game losing streak against Boston.Josh Beckett (3-3) took a two-hit shutout into the sixth inning before giving up four straight hits with one out, leading to four Los Angeles runs.

Orioles 4, Rangers 0At Baltimore, rookie Brian Matusz pitched eight innings, and Baltimore used a four-run seventh to defeat Colby Lewis and skidding Texas.It was the fourth straight defeat for the Rangers, who were coming off a three-game sweep in Tampa Bay.The Orioles improved to 11-6 under Buck Showalter, whose previous managerial job was with Texas from 2003-06.

Yankees 11, Tigers 5At New York, Robinson Cano hit a tiebreaking double and a two-run homer in New York's nine-run sixth inning.

Indians 7, Royals 3At Kansas City, Mo., Shin-Soo Choo hit a tiebreaking RBI single in Cleveland's five-run eighth.

Dodgers 2, Rockies 0At Los Angeles, Ted Lilly threw a two-hitter to win his fourth straight start since joining the Dodgers, and Reed Johnson hit his first homer of the season in a victory over Colorado.Lilly (7-8) had a season-high 11 strikeouts, walked two and retired 19 consecutive batters.

Padres 5, Cubs 3At Chicago, Will Venable hit a two-run single in the seventh inning and San Diego rallied to complete its first four-game sweep of Chicago in the team's 42-year history.

Reds 9, D'Backs 5At Phoenix, Ramon Hernandez and Jay Bruce hit back-to-back homers in the fourth inning to break a scoreless tie.The Reds took a season-high 3½-game lead over the St. Louis Cardinals in the NL Central.

Nationals 6, Braves 2At Atlanta, Nyjer Morgan had two hits and scored two runs in his return from the disabled list.John Lannan (5-5) gave up two runs and seven hits in 5 1/3 innings to win his third straight start.Derek Lowe (11-11) pitched seven innings for Atlanta, yielding four runs and six hits.

Giants 5, Phillies 2At Philadelphia, Jonathan Sanchez allowed two hits while pitching into the ninth inning and Buster Posey lined a pair of RBI doubles.

Astros 3, Mets 2At Houston, Carlos Lee hit a three-run homer in the seventh inning.