Westbrook allows 15 hits in Indians win

Jake Westbrook gave up hits in bunches -- 15 of them to be exact. He still somehow managed to pull out a victory.

"It was a weird game, but that's baseball," he said.

Westbrook became the first pitcher in 18 years to accomplish that feat as the Cleveland Indians held off the Boston Red Sox 7-6 on Thursday night.

John Dopson was the last pitcher to win while permitting 15 hits when he led Montreal past Atlanta 9-2 on July 3, 1988, according to the Elias Sports Bureau.

"I was getting groundballs, they just happened to find the holes here and there," Westbrook said. "I still think like they felt I was in control of the game."

Westbrook hung on while giving up the most hits in the majors this season, allowing six runs in eight innings. The Red Sox got 12 singles, three doubles and a walk against him, but grounded into two double plays and left eight runners on base.

"Hey, he got the win," Indians manager Eric Wedge said. "We'll take it."

Westbrook (8-7) ended his three-game losing streak and won for the first time since July 4.

In other AL games, it was: New York 8, Toronto 1; Minnesota 8, Kansas City 2; Tampa Bay 2, Detroit 1; and Texas 7, Los Angeles 6 in 12 innings.

With the loss, the Red Sox fell one game behind first-place New York in the AL East.

Josh Beckett (13-6) allowed seven runs and 11 hits in six innings. He fell to 0-2 this season against the Indians, who tagged him for nine runs in 3 2-3 innings on April 27.

Boston scored a run in the first inning and two more in the second. Beckett breezed through five innings, allowing only Boone's solo homer, but gave up six runs on seven consecutive hits in the sixth.

"I didn't execute pitches," Beckett said. "That loss is on me, it's not on anybody else."

Yankees 8, Blue Jays 1

Cory Lidle allowed one run and four hits in six innings in his first start with New York, and Jason Giambi hit a three-run homer to help the host Yankees to their fourth straight victory.

Lidle was acquired from Philadelphia on Sunday along with outfielder Bobby Abreu, who had three hits. Giambi had an RBI double in New York's three-run sixth that made it 8-1. Craig Wilson, acquired from Pittsburgh on Monday, added a two-run single.

Toronto's Ryan Roberts homered for his first major league hit. The Blue Jays lost their season-high fifth in a row and fell 8 1/2 games behind the AL East-leading Yankees.

Twins 8, Royals 2

Justin Morneau had two hits and three RBIs and Brad Radke allowed two runs over eight innings to lead visiting Minnesota.

Morneau, tied for second in the American League with 91 RBIs, had an RBI single in the first and a two-run single in the second.

Radke (10-8), a questionable starter because of a tender shoulder, gave up four hits, walked one and struck out six. After starting the season 4-6 with a 7.44 ERA, Radke had gone 6-2 with a 2.76 ERA in his past 13 starts.

Jorge de la Rosa, making his second start after being acquired in a July 25 trade with Milwaukee, retired only four of the 12 hitters he faced. He gave up six runs, five earned, four hits and four walks in 1 1-3 innings.

Devil Rays 2, Tigers 1

B.J. Upton had an RBI single for host Tampa Bay in a two-run seventh inning and reliever Seth McClung won for first time since May.

Upton, playing his third game since being called up from Triple-A Durham, singled to tie it at 1. The go-ahead run scored when he got caught in a rundown after rounding first.

McClung (3-10), recalled from Durham before the game, threw 1 1-3 scoreless innings. Brian Meadows pitched the ninth for his seventh save.

Craig Monroe hit his 17th homer for the Tigers, who went 6-4 on their road trip.

Nate Robertson (10-7) allowed two runs and five hits in 6 1-3 innings.

Rangers 7, Angels 6, 12 innings

At Anaheim, Mark Teixeira led off the 12th with a homer, and Wes Littleton pitched two perfect innings for his first major league decision.

Teixeira, who also had an RBI double, hit the game-winner off Kevin Gregg (3-4).

Juan Rivera hit a three-run homer to draw the Angels even at 6-6 in the eighth. The homer was Rivera's 18th and the first allowed by Rick Bauer in 52 1-3 innings since April 18, 2005, when he was pitching for Baltimore. It was the longest current homerless streak in the majors.