NEW YORK — Thanksgiving ought to be interesting at Chez Weaver, when the pitching brothers, Jered and Jeff, sit down to dine. That's because the younger Weaver cost the older one his job with the Los Angeles Angels.

Yesterday, Jered demonstrated why that happened.

Weaver, unbeaten in his first major league season, worked six brilliant innings at Yankee Stadium, allowing just three hits, and won his eighth straight decision as the Angels defeated the New York Yankees 5-3.

Weaver gave up just three hits and struck out eight and dominated on the same mound where Jeff struggled when he pitched for the Yankees

"It was awesome," Weaver said. "It was like a video game. I was definitely nervous."

Weaver has been in this place before. When he was in college at Long Beach State, he visited Jeff for a couple of weeks when his brother was a Yankee.

"I hung out with those guys," he said. "It was a pretty good time for me."

A disappointment with the Yankees, Jeff moved on to the Angels in 2004, the year Jered was picked by Los Angeles in the first-round of the amateur draft. When the Angels promoted the younger Weaver in June, the older one was designated for assignment and wound up in St. Louis.

"We talk every other day," Jered Weaver said. "We stay in contact as much as possible."

Yesterday was almost certainly one of those days after the way Weaver (8-0) handled the Yankees and earning his sixth victory on the road and becoming the first pitcher to win his first eight career decisions since Livan Hernandez did it with Florida in 1997.

Manager Mike Scioscia was impressed.

"Not having a lot of innings of pro baseball under his belt, he's pitched great," Scioscia said. "He gave us a great ball game. That's what we'll need down the stretch. He's pitching great baseball."

Yankees manager Joe Torre liked Weaver's approach.

"He's unusual for a young pitcher," Torre said. "To have as much command of as many pitches as he does. He can throw any pitch at any time in any count."

White Sox 7, Tigers 3: Freddy Garcia (11-7) won for the first time in six weeks, Alex Cintron drove in three runs as host Chicago beat Detroit to complete a three-game sweep and close to 5 1/2 games of the AL Central leaders. The Tigers have lost five in a row for the first time this year. Chicago is 9-3 against Detroit this season, with the teams meeting seven more times.

Red Sox 11, Orioles 9: Mike Lowell hit a grand slam in the first inning and made a game-saving play for the final out to help host Boston complete the three-game sweep. Manny Ramirez had his hitting streak end at 27 games and Jonathan Papelbon got his 31st save in 36 chances.

Indians 13, Royals 0: Travis Hafner hit his sixth grand slam in host Cleveland's 11-run first inning to tie Don Mattingly's single-season record. Hafner put Cleveland ahead 11-0 with his 35th homer of the season and tied Mattingly's mark set with the New York Yankees in 1987.

Twins 5, Blue Jays 0: Brad Radke (12-8) pitched seven innings and Jason Tyner had three hits and two RBIs to help host Minnesota snap a three-game losing streak.

Athletics 3, Devil Rays 1: Eric Chavez hit his first homer in nearly a month, a two-run shot in the seventh inning that sent host Oakland to the three-game sweep.

Rangers 10, Mariners 6: Michael Young hit a tiebreaking two-run triple, Gary Matthews Jr. drove in three runs and host Texas beat Seattle to complete a four-game sweep. Carlos Lee also drove in three runs for Texas, which won its fifth straight game.

NATIONAL LEAGUE

Reds 7, Phillies 5: Juan Castro and Ken Griffey Jr. drove in runs in the 11th inning to lead visiting Cincinnati over Philadelphia. Philadelphia's Ryan Howard hit a two-out RBI single in the ninth to tie it at 5. He earlier hit his 41st home run, matching him with Boston's David Ortiz for the major league lead.

Dodgers 1, Giants 0: Russell Martin homered to lead off the 10th inning and host Los Angeles beat San Francisco after Greg Maddux and Jason Schmidt matched zeros for eight innings. Martin drove a 1-0 pitch from Vinnie Chulk (0-1) over the fence in left field for his sixth homer.

Padres 7, Astros 2: Mike Cameron hit a two-run homer and finished with three hits for the second straight game for visiting San Diego, which won two of three in the weekend series.

Cubs 8, Rockies 7: Pinch-hitter Ryan Theriot hit a three-run double in the eighth inning and visiting Chicago overcame 10 walks to snap a four-game losing streak.

Marlins 6, Diamondbacks 5: Miguel Cabrera hit his 18th homer and drove in four runs during his seventh consecutive multi-hit game for visiting Florida.

Pirates 7, Cardinals 0: Paul Maholm (5-10) pitched 6 2/3 shutout innings, Jason Bay and Joe Randa hit consecutive homers and last-place Pittsburgh finished off a three-game sweep of division leader St. Louis in Pittsburgh.

Mets 3, Nationals 1: Michael Tucker hit a solo home run on the only pitch he saw to break an eighth-inning tie and lift visiting New York over Washington.

Braves 7, Brewers 4: Brian McCann homered and drove in four runs to lead host Atlanta over Milwaukee.

NOTES

Padres: San Diego shortstop Khalil Greene left yesterday's game after being hit in the left hand by a pitch from Houston's Brandon Backe in the fifth inning. Greene had a bruise and was taken for precautionary X-rays, which proved negative. He was listed as day-to-day.

Braves: Atlanta activated third baseman Chipper Jones from the disabled list yesterday. Jones, returning from a strained left oblique muscle injury, was in the starting lineup in Atlanta's win over Milwaukee. Jones went 0 for 2 with a run scored and an RBI.