Tuesday’s A.L. games

Rangers 7, Yankees 1: At Arlington, Texas, Ryan Drese pitched seven shutout innings and former Yankee Alfonso Soriano doubled twice and scored three times, leading Texas over New York.

White Sox 9, Royals 3: At Chicago, Willie Harris went 5 for 5, Carlos Lee hit a three-run homer and Paul Konerko added a two-run shot to lead the White Sox past Kansas City. The Royals fell to 39-72, the worst record after 111 games in the franchise’s 36-year history.

Red Sox 8, Devil Rays 4: At Boston, Jason Varitek and Bill Mueller each had two hits and drove in a pair of runs to lead the Red Sox over Tampa Bay.

Indians 2, Blue Jays 0: At Cleveland, Chad Durbin (5-4) struck out a career-high seven and Ronnie Belliard hit a two-run double, leading the surging Indians over Toronto.

Athletics 5, Tigers 4: At Oakland, Calif., Eric Chavez hit a three-run homer and Barry Zito won for the third time in four starts as the Athletics defeated Detroit. The A’s ended a five-game homerless drought.

Orioles 11, Angels 3: At Anaheim, Calif., Miguel Tejada homered and drove in five runs to lead Baltimore to a rout of the Angels, ending Anaheim’s five-game winning streak.