Lester (7-3) made his most impressive start since pitching a no-hitter against Kansas City on May 19. He struck out eight, walked two and won his fourth straight decision.

New York lost for the fourth time in five games.

Jacoby Ellsbury’s two-run double in the second made it 4-0.

Athletics 3, White Sox 2 At Chicago, Justin Duchscherer pitched seven solid innings and Jack Cust and Donnie Murphy homered as Oakland snapped Chicago’s seven-game winning streak.

Javier Vazquez (7-7) took the loss despite pitching his first complete game in nearly a year, allowing four hits and striking out 10.

Chicago took a 2-0 lead in the first on a leadoff homer by DeWayne Wise and an RBI double by Jermaine Dye.

Oakland, which had lost four of five, broke through in the fourth when Cust tied it with a two-run homer, and Murphy made it 3-2 with a solo drive in the fifth.

Duchscherer (9-5), the major-league leader with a 1.96 ERA, allowed five hits while striking out four and walking two.

Royals 10, Orioles 7 At Baltimore, Mark Grudzielanek went 4-for-5 and played a key role in a seven-run sixth inning as Kansas City beat Baltimore.

The Royals overcame a four-run deficit and two homers by Aubrey Huff to earn a split of the four-game series. Kansas City took an early 3-0 lead, then yielded seven straight runs before sending 11 players to the plate in their most prolific inning of the season. The last time the Royals scored more than six runs in an inning was June 14, 2007 — an eight-run second against St. Louis. Huff hit a solo shot in the fourth and a two-run drive in the fifth, both off Kyle Davies.

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