Blue Jays power surge beats Red Sox

TORONTO — Jose Bautista hit his major league-leading 24th home run as the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Boston Red Sox 9-5 in the American League on Saturday. Alex Gonzalez and Adam Lind also went deep for the Blue Jays, who lead the majors with 135 homers, extended their streak of multihomer games to seven and have hit 20 home runs during that span. Lind had three hits and Gonzalez added three RBIs for Toronto. Fred Lewis doubled twice, scored twice, stole two bases and drove in the go-ahead run. Blue Jays reliever Shawn Camp (3-1) pitched 1 2-3 innings for the win, while Boston starter John Lackey (9-5) allowed seven runs in 4 2-3 innings and walked six — a season worst. Red Sox manager Terry Francona and outfielder Mike Cameron were ejected for arguing balls and strikes. Tigers 7, Twins 4 In Detroit, Johnny Damon hit a three-run homer in the fifth inning to lift surging Detroit over Minnesota. Damon's shot was the Tigers' fourth home run against Twins' starter Nick Blackburn (7-7), who gave up four long shots for the first time in his career, and allowed seven runs over four innings. Miguel Cabrera hit a two-run homer in the first, rookie Alex Avila and Magglio Ordonez followed with solo shots in each of the next two innings and Damon's drive gave the Tigers a four-run lead. AL Central-leading Detroit has won five straight overall and 17 of 19 at home to move a season-high 11 games over .500. The third-place Twins have lost four in a row. Tigers starter Jeremy Bonderman (5-6) gave up three runs in six innings for the win. White Sox 5, Royals 1 In Chicago, Gavin Floyd pitched effectively into the eighth inning to steer Chicago past Kansas City and to its seventh straight win. Floyd (5-7) left with two outs in the eighth, having given up just the one run. Chicago pitching has allowed just three runs in the last three games. Carlos Quentin hit two of the White Sox three homers, with Gordon Beckham getting the other. Royals starter Brian Bannister (7-7) gave up five runs in six innings. He has served up 18 homers in 18 starts this season. —AP