Jays batter Lester, BoSox
Coeur d'Alene Press | UPDATED 14 years, 7 months AGO
• AMERICAN LEAGUE
Lyle Overbay hit two homers and drove in a career-high seven runs as the visiting Toronto Blue Jays battered Boston Red Sox starter Jon Lester en route to a 16-2 victory on Friday night.
Lester surrendered eight hits, three walks and nine runs in 2-plus innings.
Tigers 6, Indians 0: Armando Galarraga pitched seven shutout innings and host Detroit beat Cleveland.
Rangers 2, Orioles 0: C.J. Wilson struck out 12 and Texas won at Baltimore.
Athletics 5, Rays 4: Gabe Gross scored the go-ahead run on second baseman Ben Zobrist's fielding error in the eighth and host Oakland beat Tampa Bay.
Twins 7, Angels 2: At Minneapolis, Brian Duensing pitched eight solid innings and Minnesota beat Los Angeles.
Chicago at Kansas City, ppd., rain: The White Sox-Royals game was postponed by rain and rescheduled as part of a doubleheader today beginning at 4:10 p.m. PDT.
• NATIONAL LEAGUE
Marlins 9, Astros 0: At Miami, Anibal Sanchez pitched seven scoreless innings and Florida routed Houston.
Mets 7, Pirates 2: Mike Pelfrey pitched eight strong innings and New York won at Pittsburgh.
Phillies 1, Nationals 0: Roy Halladay pitched seven shutout innings to lead host Philadelphia past Washington.
Braves 5, Cubs 3: Rick Ankiel's three-run triple in the ninth lifted Atlanta at Chicago.
Giants 6, Cardinals 3: Pablo Sandoval and Aubrey Huff homered, leading San Francisco at St. Louis.
Brewers 10, Padres 6: Casey McGehee homered and drove in four runs, leading host Milwaukee past San Diego.
Diamondbacks 4, Rockies 3, 10 inn.: At Phoenix, Kelly Johnson's RBI double in the 10th lifted Arizona past Colorado.
Reds 3, Dodgers 1: Brandon Phillips' three hits and three RBIs lifted Cincinnati at Los Angeles.