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First Posted: 5/24/2013 The Associated Press
DETROIT &#8212; Anibal Sanchez took a no-hitter into the ninth inning before Minnesota&#8217;s Joe Mauer broke it up with a one-out single, and that was the only hit the Detroit right-hander allowed in the Tigers&#8217; 6-0 victory over the Twins on Friday night.
Sanchez fell two outs shy of his second career no-hitter, but thanks to Mauer it was just another near miss this season. There have already been five one-hitters this year, according to STATS.
It was Sanchez&#8217;s second gem in about a month &#8212; he set a franchise record with 17 strikeouts in eight marvelous innings against Atlanta on April 26.
 Yankees 9, Rays 4
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. &#8212; Brett Gardner, Lyle Overbay and Jayson Nix each drove in two runs, and the New York Yankees beat the Tampa Bay Rays 9-4 on Friday night.
Gardner made it 5-0 with a two-run homer off Roberto Hernandez (2-5) during the fourth. The Yankees took a 3-0 lead in the second on Overbay&#8217;s two-run double and an RBI single by Nix.
David Phelps (3-2), who retired his first 13 batters before James Loney hit a one-out double in the fifth, allowed four runs and six hits in 7 2-3 innings. He left in the eighth after it appeared he was hit on the right arm by a drive up the middle by Ben Zobrist.
New York right fielder Curtis Granderson broke the knuckle of his left pinkie finger after getting hit by Cesar Ramos&#8217; pitch in the fifth. After later scoring, he was replaced defensively by Ichiro Suzuki in the bottom of the inning.
Orioles 10, Blue Jays 6
TORONTO &#8212; Chris Davis hit his major league-leading 16th home run, Nick Markakis had three hits and three RBIs and the Baltimore Orioles beat the Toronto Blue Jays.
J.J. Hardy, Danny Valencia and Adam Jones all went deep as the Orioles matched a season high in runs and set a season high with four home runs. Baltimore has hit an ML-best 66 homers this season.
The teams combined for 33 hits, 16 by Baltimore and 17 by Toronto, with Blue Jays catcher J.P. Arencibia the only starter on either side who didn&#8217;t reach safely via a hit or walk. He went 0 for 5 with three strikeouts.
Red Sox 8, Indians 1
BOSTON &#8212; John Lackey allowed two hits in seven innings, Mike Carp hit a three-run homer and the Boston Red Sox beat the Cleveland Indians.
It was the second straight strong performance by Lackey, who missed all last season following Tommy John elbow surgery. Last Sunday he gave up one hit and one unearned run in six innings of a 5-1 win at Minnesota. He left that game after a three-hour rain delay.
White Sox 4, Marlins 3
CHICAGO &#8212; Jeff Keppinger drove in the winning run on a single in the 11th and John Danks was solid in his season debut and the Chicago White Sox beat the Miami Marlins.
Paul Konerko started the rally with a one-out single. Pinch runner Tyler Greene moved to third when Dayan Viciedo singled off the glove of second baseman Derek Dietrich.
Athletics 6, Astros 5
HOUSTON &#8212; Chris Young connected on a three-run homer in the ninth inning to lift the Oakland Athletics to a win over the Houston Astros.
Angels 5, Royals 2
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Mike Trout had his 21st multi-hit game, Jason Vargas pitched into the eighth inning and the Los Angeles Angels beat the Kansas City Royals 5-2 on Friday night to extend their winning streak to six games.

Sanchez loses no-hit bid in 9th; Tigers beat Twins