Royals 2 at White Sox 6
Brent Lillibridge hit a three-run homer, John Danks pitched six strong innings and the Chicago White Sox beat the Kansas City Royals 6-2 on Sunday.
Paul Konerko added three hits for the White Sox (60-60), who have won eight of 10 to reach .500. Alexei Ramirez had two hits and scored twice.
Chicago improved its abysmal home record to 26-33 and moved within four games of AL Central-leading Detroit, which lost 8-5 at Baltimore. The White Sox won consecutive games in a single series at U.S. Cellular Field for the first time since June 21 and 22 against the Cubs.
Danks (5-9) allowed two runs and four hits, struck out six and walked four, improving to 5-1 with a 2.29 ERA in his last nine starts.
Jeff Francis (4-13) lasted just 3 2-3 innings for Kansas City, which has lost six of seven.
Rangers 7 at Athletics 6
David Murphy hit a tiebreaking RBI single with two outs in the ninth inning, helping the Rangers finish off a three-game series sweep.
Mitch Moreland hit a sacrifice fly, Michael Young and Mike Napoli each drew bases-loaded walks against former Ranger Rich Harden and first-place Texas extended its winning streak in the rivalry to eight games. The Rangers (69-52) also moved a season-best 17 games over .500.
Mike Adams (1-1) pitched a 1-2-3 eighth for the victory, then Neftali Feliz finished for his 23rd save in 29 chances.
Andrew Bailey (0-3) got the loss.
Red Sox 3 at Mariners 5
Charlie Furbush allowed just one run in a career-best seven innings, leading Seattle to the victory.
For the first time since late June the Red Sox failed to win or split a series. Their lead in the division dwindled to a half-game over the Yankees, who were rained out on Sunday.
Furbush (3-4) yielded four hits in just his fifth start of the season. He struck out a career-high six.
Kevin Youkilis hit a two-run homer in the eighth for Boston. Tim Wakefield (6-5) gave up four earned runs and nine hits in eight innings.
Tigers 5 at Orioles 8
Nick Markakis homered and drove in four runs, and Jo-Jo Reyes allowed four hits over six innings to earn his first win with Baltimore.
Reyes (6-9) gave up one run, struck out four and walked two. Jim Johnson got three outs for his second save after Detroit mounted a serious comeback bid from an 8-1 deficit.