Toronto Blue Jays' Anthony Gose is safe at home plate as Baltimore Orioles' catcher Mat Wieters misses with the tag in the eighth inning of their game in Toronto Thursday. — Reuters BOSTON — Cleveland gave manager Terry Francona the satisfaction of victory upon his return to Fenway Park as the Indians beat Boston 12-3 Thursday, staying top of the American League Central division while preventing the Red Sox from going top of the East. Francona, who led the Red Sox to two World Series titles in his eight years as manager, was let go by the team after 2011 and returned to see his new team piling on 16 hits to cruise to victory over his old one. Cleveland's Drew Stubbs and Mark Reynolds drove in three runs each and every starting batter had a hit, while all but one scored. Carlos Santana reached base five times. Cleveland's Zach McAllister (4-3) allowed three runs in five innings. He hasn't allowed more than three earned runs in any of his nine starts this year. Ryan Dempster (2-5) gave up four runs in three innings in his third straight poor start for Boston. Tigers 7, Twins 6: Prince Fielder bounced a tiebreaking single off Jared Burton's glove in the eighth inning, leading the Detroit Tigers to a 7-6 come-from-behind victory over the Minnesota Twins. Omar Infante started the inning with a single and was bunted to second by Torii Hunter. Ron Gardenhire then ordered Miguel Cabrera intentionally walked, but Fielder foiled the plan with a grounder that Burton (0-2) deflected past second baseman Brian Dozier. Cabrera drove in three runs, including his sixth homer in four games. Cabrera has now matched a career high by homering in four straight games. He has also walked five times in the four games, and Fielder has followed all five with hits, driving in seven more runs. Joaquin Benoit (1-0) pitched a perfect inning of relief, while Jose Valverde pitched the ninth for his fifth save. Blue Jays 12, Orioles 6: Edwin Encarnacion hit his fifth career grand slam, J.P. Arencibia homered and drove in four runs and the Toronto Blue Jays beat Baltimore 12-6, spoiling the debut of Orioles right-hander Kevin Gausman. Brandon Morrow (2-3) allowed six runs and a season-high 10 hits in seven-plus innings. He walked one and struck out five. Brett Cecil and Brad Lincoln each worked one inning of scoreless relief as Toronto won for the third time in four games. Baltimore's Chris Davis hit his major league leading 15th home run, a leadoff shot in the fourth. Nick Markakis and Adam Jones hit back-to-back homers off Morrow in the eighth but it wasn't enough for the Orioles, who lost for the seventh time in nine games. Baltimore's Manny Machado went 3 for 4 with three doubles, boosting his major league-leading total to 21. The fourth overall pick in the 2012 draft, Gausman (0-1) allowed four runs and seven hits in five innings. He walked two and struck out five. Angels 5, Royals 4: Mike Trout and Albert Pujols hit solo home runs, and Mark Trumbo hit a two-run shot. Joe Blanton got his first victory of the season after going 0-7 in his first nine starts. He held the Royals to seven hits and two runs in 6 1-3 innings. Trumbo put the Angels up 5-2 in the eighth with his team-leading 11th homer. Pirates 4, Cubs 2: Andrew McCutchen had three hits and two RBIs to lead the Pittsburgh Pirates past the Chicago Cubs 4-2 on a rainy Thursday for their fourth straight win. — Agencies
