Rangers make home run history in win over Devil Rays

Reuters, St. Petersburg, Florida

Herbert Perry made sure the Rangers made home run history, going deep twice to lead Texas to a 11-2 win over the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in American League action on Saturday.

Perry's 20th and 21st homers game Texas a run of 25 games with at least one home run, tying the major-league mark, which is shared by the 1941 Yankees, the 1994 Tigers and the 1998 Braves.

The Rangers have hit 50 homers during the streak and Perry has nine of them.

Perry's first of the night came off loser Victor Zambrano (6- 7), who left after the fifth having allowed six runs.

Chan Ho Park (8-6) went 8 1/3 innings for the win; he scattered seven hits while fanning six before being ejected by plate umpire Mike Winters.

Aubrey Huff tagged him for a seventh-inning homer.

In Minnesota, Oakland found its winning touch again as Mark Mulder went almost all the way in a 2-0 whitewash of the Minnesota Twins.

Minnesota sent Oakland crashing to earth on Friday night, ending the A's AL record 20-game win streak.

In Chicago, the White Sox were first to score but the Cleveland Indians rebounded to win 4-2, their fourth straight victory.

Bill Selby and Karim Garcia took loser Jon Garland (10-11) deep in the fifth and sixth frames to plate three runs.

Carlos Lee gave Chicago the early lead with a two-run homer served up by C.C. Sabathia.

Sabathia (11-10) settled down after that, tossing eight innings of four-hit ball for the win; he fanned five.

Mark Wohlers worked around a leadoff walk in the ninth to notch his seventh save.

In New York, a pitcher's duel was decided in the eighth inning, when Omar Infante singled to plate Chris Truby and give the Detroit Tigers a 2-1 victory over the Yankees.

Eric Munson went deep in the second off loser Mike Mussina (16-9) to plate Detroit's first run.

Mussina had a good night otherwise, fanning 10 to equal his season best.

Alfonso Soriano knocked in New York's only run with a fourth- inning single.

Frank German (1-0), the third of five Tigers pitchers, notched the victory; he allowed a hit in 1 1/3 innings on the hill. The Yankees had won their previous seven meetings with the Tigers.

In Boston, Manny Ramirez plated three runs with a double followed by a two-run blast to carry the Red Sox to a 4-1 win over the Toronto Blue Jays.

In Baltimore, Anaheim scored twice in the first extra frame to defeat the hapless Orioles 4-2.

In Kansas City, Bret Boone plated four runs with a triple, single and ground out to lead the Seattle Mariners to a 9-2 pasting of the he Royals.

Meanwhile, Andruw Jones homered twice with a man aboard both times to account for all the scoring in the Braves' 4-0 win over the Montreal Expos in National League play on Saturday.

Jones tagged loser Tomo Ohka (13-7) in the first frame and again two innings later.

Ohka then threw at Jones's head in his third at-bat and was ejected; Jones also left the game with a bruised ear and cheek. Earlier in the game, Ohka hit Gary Sheffield.

Winner Greg Maddux (13-5) was pulled after five frames, having scattered seven hits.

Five Braves relievers held the Expos hitless the rest of the way.

In Philadelphia, Edgardo Alfonzo and Roger Cedeno homered to power the New York Mets to a 5-4 win over the Phillies.

In Denver, the Colorado Rockies plated a first-inning run, then exploded for four more in the eighth to edge the San Diego Padres 5-3.

In Los Angeles, Jeff Bagwell homered to plate a pair of runs and Gregg Zaun accounted for two more with a couple of singles as the Houston Astros thumped the Dodgers 6-1.