Baseball

Jays' Wells hits 2 HRs in victory

TORONTO - Vernon Wells homered twice and tied a career high with five RBIs, and Roy Halladay pitched a strong game to lead the Toronto Blue Jays to a 10-3 victory Wednesday night over the Kansas City Royals. Wells hit an RBI grounder in the first, a three-run homer in the second and a solo shot in the fourth. Halladay won his third straight start, allowing three runs and 11 hits, while striking out four and walking none in seven innings. ° Yankees 4, Athletics 3: In Oakland, Calif., Tony Clark doubled in the go-ahead run with two outs in the ninth inning as New York won its eighth straight game. Alex Rodriguez tied the game at 3 with his solo homer to left-center leading off the ninth - New York's third solo shot of the game. ° Red Sox 9, Indians 5: In Cleveland, Bill Mueller hit a tiebreaking three-run homer, and David Ortiz connected twice to help Boston snap a five-game losing streak. Bronson Arroyo (1-1) gave up one hit and struck out three in two scoreless innings of relief. ° White Sox 6, Orioles 5: In Baltimore, Juan Uribe had an RBI triple in a decisive two-run seventh inning for Chicago, and reliever Billy Koch withstood a Baltimore rally in the ninth inning. Shingo Takatsu (2-0) won in relief, beating B.J. Ryan (1-1). ° Twins 5, Mariners 1: In Seattle, Carlos Silva (5-0) took a shutout bid into the eighth inning and got his fifth win of the season. Jacque Jones hit a two-run homer for the Twins. ° Angels 6, Tigers 3: In Anaheim, Calif., Jose Guillen homered and drove in three runs, and Troy Glaus tied for the major-league lead with his 10th home run to help the Angels to their fifth straight victory. ° Rangers 6, Devil Rays 1: In Arlington, Texas, Ryan Drese threw 6· shutout innings, and Michael Young had four hits, including a solo homer for the Rangers.