Tampa Bay Rays' Ben Zobrist (R) celebrates with teammate Reid Brignac after their 15-3 win in the first baseball game of a doubleheader against the Minnesota Twins in Minneapolis Thursday. (AP) MINNEAPOLIS: Ben Zobrist set a Tampa Bay record with eight RBIs, hitting a home run and two doubles in the Rays' 15-3 victory over the Minnesota Twins Thursday in the first game of a day-night doubleheader. Zobrist went 4 for 6 and scored twice. He hit an RBI single in the first inning, a three-run homer in the sixth and added two-run doubles in the seventh and ninth. Zobrist broke the team RBIs record of seven set by Carlos Pena in 2007. Johnny Damon had three hits, including an RBI triple, to extend his hitting streak to 15 games. B.J. Upton also had three hits to help the Rays match a season high with 19 hits. Zobrist hit his sixth home run and Casey Kotchman hit his first. Indians 8, Royals 2: At Cleveland, Fausto Carmona, backed by four solo home runs, pitched seven solid innings as Cleveland earned its 10th straight home win, beating Kansas City. Choo Shin-soo and Carlos Santana connected for consecutive homers with two outs in the first inning off Kyle Davies (1-3). Grady Sizemore opened the third with his fourth homer, and Shelley Duncan, a late lineup addition when designated hitter Travis Hafner was scratched because of an inflamed right ankle, began the fourth with his first of the year to make it 4-0. Jeff Francoeur stretched his hitting streak to a career-high 17 games for Kansas City. He doubled in the seventh and Wilson Betemit followed with a two-run double to make it 8-2. Blue Jays 5, Rangers 2: At Arlington, Texas, Corey Patterson bunted home the tiebreaking run in the ninth inning as Toronto beat American League West-leading Texas to win a series for the first time in three weeks. Elsewhere it was: New York 12, White Sox 3; Red Sox 6, Orioles 2; Mariners 7, Tigers 2. Cards beat Astros In Houston, St. Louis slugger Lance Berkman homered and drove in four runs in a nine-run sixth inning as the Cardinals beat his old team the Houston Astros 11-7 in the National League Thursday. Berkman's three-run shot off Fernando Abad (1-2) gave St. Louis a 5-4 lead and he then added a solo shot in the ninth. He finished with four hits and overall had eight hits and seven RBIs in his first series against his former team. It was his third multi-home run game of the season and the 28th of his career. Elsewhere it was: Giants 5, Pirates 2; Nationals 4, Mets 3; Diamondbacks 11, Cubs 2.
