Bullington baffles Yankees

• AMERICAN LEAGUE

Bryan Bullington, the No. 1 overall draft pick in 2002, threw eight crisp innings for his first major league win, leading the host Kansas City Royals to a 1-0 victory over the New York Yankees on Sunday.

Bullington (1-2) allowed two hits, walked one and struck out five to outpitch A.J. Burnett (9-10), who yielded four hits and one run in eight innings.

Alex Rodriguez slammed a home run to deep center leading off the second inning.

Twins 4, Athletics 2: At Minneapolis, Kevin Slowey held Oakland without a hit for seven innings before reliever Jon Rauch gave up the no-hit bid in the eighth as Minnesota finished its fifth series sweep.

Rays 3, Orioles 2: At St. Petersburg, Fla., Jeremy Hellickson threw six sharp innings against Baltimore to become the first Tampa Bay pitcher to win his first three major league starts.

Blue Jays 4, Angels 1: At Anaheim, Calif., Ricky Romero pitched seven solid innings one day after signing a multiyear contract extension, and Adam Lind homered to lead Toronto over Los Angeles.

Rangers 7, Red Sox 3: At Arlington, Texas, C.J. Wilson dominated into the eighth inning and AL West-leading Texas used small ball to go ahead before Michael Young's big hit against Boston.

Tigers 13, White Sox 8: Johnny Damon hit a go-ahead, two-run triple in the eighth inning, Jhonny Peralta homered twice and visiting Detroit rallied to beat Chicago.

• NATIONAL LEAGUE

Padres 8, Giants 2: Yorvit Torrealba homered and Miguel Tejada hit a two-run single to back Wade LeBlanc, and visiting San Diego beat San Francisco.

Phillies 3, Mets 1: Kyle Kendrick toyed with New York's sputtering offense into the seventh inning, and visiting Philadelphia topped the Mets.

Cubs 9, Cardinals 7: Derrek Lee homered his first two at-bats, helping visiting Chicago pummel Kyle Lohse and knock St. Louis out of first place in the NL Central.

Reds 2, Marlins 0: Miguel Cairo hit a two-run homer to help host Cincinnati complete the three-game sweep of Florida.

Braves 13, Dodgers 1: Troy Glaus hit a three-run homer and finished with four RBIs to lead Atlanta past visiting Los Angeles.

Rockies 6, Brewers 5: At Denver, Troy Tulowitzki rescued Colorado with a game-ending RBI single after Milwaukee tied it with two unearned runs in the ninth.

Nationals 5, Diamondbacks 3: Ian Desmond hit a tiebreaking single in the seventh inning, sending host Washington past Arizona.

Astros 8, Pirates 2: Pinch-hitter Pedro Feliz hit a two-run double in host Houston's four-run sixth inning and the Astros beat Pittsburgh.