NEW YORK - At least one Yankee broke out of his slump.
Jose Contreras earned his first win of the season, Jorge Posada and Jason Giambi homered and New York sent the Athletics to their fifth consecutive loss with a 5-1 victory Wednesday night.
Derek Jeter's hitless streak reached 32 at-bats, but his teammates did more than enough to beat Mark Mulder.
"Pitchers aren't going to feel sorry for you. You've just got to go out and keep swinging," Jeter said. "It's a funny game sometimes. You just try to help the team in other ways."
Jeter did just that, making a slick pickup of pitcher Tom Gordon's poor throw and turning a tough double play to end the eighth.
Giambi and Gary Sheffield had run-scoring singles in a three-run first, helping the Yankees win their second in a row since losing four straight.
After beginning the season with three bad starts, Contreras pitched six effective innings, allowing only Bobby Crosby's home run in the third.
"I felt a lot more comfortable. I had a good fastball and my pitches were right where I wanted them," Contreras said through a translator. "This start helps me to erase a lot of those memories. It gives me something to build on."
But though Contreras turned it around, Jeter didn't.
Even with the crowd of 44,325 cheering and chanting his name during every plate appearance, Jeter went 0-for-4 with a walk. He grounded out with the bases loaded to end the eighth, dropping his average to .161.
It's the longest slump by a Yankee since Jimmy Wynn also went 32 at-bats without a hit in 1977.
"The fans have been great, cheering for me, standing up, trying to will me to get a hit," Jeter said. "I've been thinking all right in the box. Afterward, sometimes you start second-guessing."
TIGERS 10, ANGELS 2: Bobby Higginson hit a two-run double in a five-run third and host Detroit ensured its first winning record in April since 1993.
With two games left this month, the Tigers (12-9) will end April better than .500 one year after losing a league-record 119 in their 10th straight losing season.
They went 3-21 last April and needed 47 to earn their 12th victory.
Mike Maroth improved to 3-1 after becoming the first 20-game loser since 1980 last season.
WHITE SOX 9, INDIANS 8: Sandy Alomar hit a sacrifice fly to cap a five-run rally in the ninth for host Chicago.
The White Sox trailed 8-2 after six and still were behind 8-4 entering their final at-bat.
Juan Uribe led off with a single and Magglio Ordonez followed with a home run against David Riske. One out later, Carlos Lee doubled, and Rafael Betancourt relieved.
On a blustery day at U.S. Cellular Field with gusts reacing 33 mph, Indians first baseman Ben Broussard dropped Paul Konerko's towering popup for an error.
Joe Crede and Timo Perez followed with run-scoring singles to tie it at 8, and Alomar hit his sacrifice fly to right to score Crede.
ORIOLES 3, MARINERS 1: Jay Gibbons' two-run single snapped an eighth-inning tie, and host Baltimore ended a three-game losing streak.
The Orioles had one hit after the first inning until taking the lead in the eighth against Shigetoshi Hasegawa, who entered in relief of starter Jamie Moyer.
TWINS 9, BLUE JAYS 5: Pinch-hitter Michael Ryan singled home the go-ahead run in the eighth for host Minnesota after Toronto scored four in the eighth to tie it at 5.
ROYALS 5, RANGERS 3: Ken Harvey hit a tiebreaking three-run homer in the fifth one pitch after just missing a home run for host Kansas City.
