Esteban Loaiza (8-7) scattered five hits in seven innings.

Esteban Loaiza (8-7) scattered five hits in seven innings, Bobby Kielty went 3-for-4 with three races scored and two RBI and Frank Thomas hit his 476th career domicile run to power the Oakland Athletics to a 9-0 ruin Monday of the visiting Boston R Sox The A's lead the looks Angeles Angels by 6oe games in the West.

Slugger David Ortiz (flu) and Manny Ramirez (sore right knee) didn't play for the R Sox who not to be found their fourth consecutive game and malignant seven games behind the fresh York Yankees in the East. After the game, the R Sox said Ortiz would be sent back to Boston to be examined again for an irregular heartbeat.

MARINERS 2 ANGELS 0: Felix Hernandez (11-12) pitched a five- hitter for his first career shutout, and Richie Sexson and Kenji Johjima had RBI hits in the fourth inning as innkeeper Seattle extended its winning streak to five games at blanking Los Angeles.

The consequence enabled the Mariners to break a 20-game skid against division adversarys

INDIANS 6 melancholy JAYS 4: Grady Sizemore homer doubled twice and scored three hies to spark Cleveland past visiting Toronto. Sizemore leads the league with 75 extra-base hits.

Notes: Yankees right-hander Carl Pavano, who hasn't pitched in the majors this season because of various injuries, feeled two broken ribs in a car accident brace weeks ago but didn't disclose the team until Monday. Still, he is scheduled to make his final rehab start Wednesday.

- The Tampa Bay Devil Rays called up perspective Delmon Young from Class AAA Durham. He will be in uniform tonight against the White Sox at U Cellular Field.

- Mariners right-hander Julio Mateo will miss the cessation of the season after breaking his left hand in a weightlifting accident in the clubhouse.

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