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By The Associated Press

A fan reacts after falling from the upper deck onto onto the netting behind home plate during the eighth inning at Yankee Stadium Tuesday Aug. 9, 2005 in New York. The game was delayed for four minutes while he climbed back up to the loge level before being led away by security. AP Photo/Frank Franklin II

NEW YORK — Jose Contreras pitched shutout ball against his former team, and the Chicago White Sox got home runs from Paul Konerko and Tadahito Iguchi in a 2-1 victory Tuesday night over the New York Yankees.

The game was delayed for four minutes in the eighth inning when a male fan fell out of the upper deck onto the netting behind home plate.

Orioles 5, Devil Rays 2

BALTIMORE — Erik Bedard pitched seven strong innings to earn his first victory for the Orioles since May 21.

Eric Byrnes homered for Baltimore, which improved to 3-2 under interim manager Sam Perlozzo.

Blue Jays 6, Tigers 4

TORONTO — Dustin McGowan pitched into the seventh inning for his first major league win, and Aaron Hill and Alex Rios homered to lead the Blue Jays.

Hill hit a two-run shot off Sean Douglass (4-2) in the fifth, and Rios chased Douglass with a three-run drive in the sixth.

Red Sox 8, Rangers 7

BOSTON — Edgar Renteria lined a sharp single down the third-base line to score Bill Mueller in the 10th inning and the Red Sox won their 10th straight game at Fenway Park. Curt Schilling (4-4) allowed one hit and struck out two in two innings for Boston, which won its third in a row and 11th in 13 games.

Indians 13, Royals 7

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Jhonny Peralta's three-run homer capped an 11-run ninth inning for the Indians.

Angel Berroa, Chip Ambres and Emil Brown all committed errors in the ninth as the Royals blew a five-run lead. The Royals have lost 11 straight.

Mariners 1, Twins 0

SEATTLE — Felix Hernandez, Seattle's prized 19-year-old prospect, pitched eight shutout innings in his second major league start.

Hernandez (1-1), who lost his first big league start 3-1 Thursday at Detroit, allowed five hits, all singles, and struck out six in besting Kyle Lohse (7-11) in a pitching duel. The young right-hander threw 94 pitches — 69 strikes — and did not walk a batter.

Angels 9, Athletics 2

OAKLAND, Calif. — Vladimir Guerrero's grand slam staked Los Angeles to a seven-run lead in the second inning, and John Lackey pitched seven scoreless innings to knock Oakland out of the clubs' tie atop the AL West standings.

Guerrero had five RBIs and Darin Erstad drove in two more runs as the Angels capitalized on another shaky start by Rich Harden (9-5) to remove all the drama from the first contest of a key three-game series between the rivals.

Staked to a huge early lead, Lackey (10-4) easily won his career-best fourth straight decision. He allowed five hits and struck out six without allowing a runner to reach third base.

Harden allowed seven runs on nine hits in six innings, while Eric Chavez went deep for the A's.

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