Fans turned out despite the SARS outbreak, and the Toronto BlueJays treated them to a victory.
Vernon Wells homered in the ninth inning as the host Blue Jayscooled off the Kansas City Royals, winning 6-5 Friday night.
A crowd of 16,417, the largest since Opening Day, turned out atSkyDome two days after the World Health Organization warned againsttravel to Toronto because of severe acute respiratory syndrome. Acouple of fans were shown on the JumboTron holding up a sign thatread: "What SARS?"
"It's good to see the fans come out," Wells said. "They came outto Maple Leaf games, and they weren't worried about SARS. I lookedaround, and there were a few more people in the stands than before."
Michael Tucker, Angel Berroa and Brent Mayne homered for theRoyals, who had won five straight. Kansas City's 16-3 record comingin was the best in the major leagues. The Royals dropped to 6-4 onthe road but are 10-0 at home.
YANKEES 3, RANGERS 2: Mike Mussina struck out nine over eightsharp innings, and Nick Johnson hit a tiebreaking homer to leadvisiting New York.
Playing against former manager Buck Showalter for the first time,the Yankees rebounded from Thursday's 6-2 loss at Anaheim, whichended a seven-game winning streak, and improved their record to 19-4, best in the major leagues.
Mussina (5-0), the first five-game winner in the major leagues,held Texas to one run on five hits and matched his best season start,for Baltimore in 1992.
Since giving up four runs in a win at Toronto in his first gamethis season, Mussina has allowed just three earned runs over 31innings.
ATHLETICS 5, INDIANS 2: Mark Ellis went 3-for-4 with a home run,and Ted Lilly (2-0) pitched 72/3 strong innings for host Oakland.
Ellis homered in the first, singled in the fifth and doubled inthe seventh. He also scored two runs as the Oakland offense showedsigns of waking up.
Eric Chavez, Ramon Hernandez and Chris Singleton each had twohits. Hernandez hit a home run.
RED SOX 5, ANGELS 2: Casey Fossum pitched seven scoreless innings,and Shea Hillenbrand homered and had three RBI for visiting Boston.
The Angels lost for the eighth time in 11 games and also lost All-Star third baseman Troy Glaus in the fourth inning with an infectedleft foot. The World Series MVP, who had his foot examined earlierFriday, took himself out of the game after running out a single.
DEVIL RAYS 2, ORIOLES 1: Rookie Seth McClung allowed one run oversix-plus inning in his first career start to lead host Tampa Bay.
The 22-year-old McClung (2-0) allowed three hits, struck out threeand walked four. He had made seven appearances earlier this seasonout of the bullpen.
Rocco Baldelli had an RBI single during the Devil Rays' two-runfirst inning against Omar Daal (1-3). The rookie has a hit in 21 of22 games and is 13-for-26 with runners in scoring position.
MARINERS 6, TIGERS 0: Randy Winn tripled, doubled and singled, andBret Boone hit a three-run double as host Seattle won its fifthstraight.
Mike Maroth (0-6) became the second pitcher in major-leaguehistory to lose six times before the end of April. He joined DaveStewart, who lost six games before May 1 for the Texas Rangers in1984.
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