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Angels 4, Tigers 2
At Anaheim, Calif., Torii Hunter hit a two-run homer, Joe Saunders pitched five effective innings and Los Angeles snapped a three-game losing streak.
Kendry Morales and Chone Figgins added run-scoring hits for the Angels, the only major league club without four straight losses.
Saunders (10-7) allowed four hits and two walks while striking out six.
Orioles 5, Twins 1
At Minneapolis, Jeremy Guthrie pitched seven innings and Felix Pie homered as Baltimore ended the Twins season-high five-game winning streak.
Guthrie (9-12) won his second straight start, allowing six hits and one run.
Twins starter Nick Blackburn (8-9) lost his fifth straight decision. He was 8-4 with a 3.06 ERA before the All-Star break.
Indians 4, Royals 2
At Kansas City, Mo., Grady Sizemore scored three runs and David Huff bounced back from a bad start in his previous outing for Cleveland.
Matt LaPorta hit his second homer of the season in the sixth off Luke Hochevar (6-7) and Jamey Carroll had three hits to back Huff (8-7), who allowed two runs and seven hits in six innings.
Kerry Wood worked a perfect ninth for his 16th save.
Mariners 5, Athletics 3
At Seattle, Jose Lopez homered, newly acquired Bill Hall drove in two runs and Luke French won his third game in four decisions as a Mariner.
Miguel Batista, Mark Lowe and David Aardsma kept Oakland scoreless over the final 4 1-3 innings as Seattle swept a series for the first time since June 19-21, against Arizona.
French (4-3), making his fifth start since Seattle acquired him from Detroit in the Jarrod Washburn trade, allowed six hits and three runs in 5 2-3 innings.
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