The Yankees closed within one game of second-place Boston in the AL East and remained unbeaten since the All-Star break. Tampa Bay began the day with a one-game lead over the Red Sox.
Newly acquired Xavier Nady started in left field in his first game with New York, and reliever Damaso Marte struck out David Ortiz in a key spot. The Yankees finalized their deal with Pittsburgh on Saturday, acquiring Nady and Marte for four minor leaguers.
Cano went 3-for-4 with his ninth homer and a two-run double Saturday, improving to 18-for-34 since the All-Star break.
Pettitte allowed one earned run and struck out seven over six innings to continue a brilliant run by New York starters. They've allowed three earned runs or less in 15 of their last 16 games.
Marte entered with runners at first and second and one out in the seventh and struck out Ortiz.
Rays 5, Royals 3
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Carl Crawford's tiebreaking, two-run triple with two outs in the eighth inning sent Tampa Bay past Kansas City.
Carlos Pena added a home run in the ninth, helping Tampa Bay extend its AL East lead to two games over Boston.
Crawford had his seventh career two-triple game and second of the season. The hit scored Akinori Iwamura and B.J. Upton.Tampa Bay AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
Iwamura 2b 4 1 1 0 0 0 .275
Upton cf 4 1 1 0 0 0 .269
Crawford lf 4 0 2 2 0 0 .267
Longoria 3b 4 1 1 0 0 0 .276
CPena 1b 3 2 2 1 1 1 .238
WAybar dh 4 0 0 1 0 0 .230
Navarro c 4 0 1 0 0 0 .315
Hinske rf 2 0 0 1 0 0 .254
Gomes ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .195
Gross rf 0 0 0 0 1 0 .228
Bartlett ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 .258
Totals 34 5 8 5 2 1
Kansas City AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
Djesus cf 4 0 0 0 1 0 .301
Aviles ss 5 0 1 0 0 2 .302
Grdzlnek 2b 5 1 3 0 0 0 .306
Guillen rf 4 0 1 1 0 0 .260
Butler dh 4 1 1 0 0 0 .253
Gordon 3b 3 0 0 0 0 2 .247
JBuck c 2 0 0 0 1 1 .251
Gload 1b 4 1 2 1 0 0 .270
German lf 4 0 2 1 0 2 .255
Totals 35 3 10 3 2 7
Tampa Bay 010 100 021 - 5 8 0
Kansas City 000 110 001 - 3 10 0
LOB-Tampa Bay 4, Kansas City 9. 2B-Upton (23), Longoria (25), Grudzielanek 3 (24). 3B-Crawford 2 (7), Gload (1). HR-CPena (17), off Peralta. RBIs-Crawford 2 (50), CPena (53), WAybar (10), Hinske (46), JGuillen (67), Gload (25), EGerman (12). S-AGordon. GIDP-Navarro, JGuillen.
Runners left in scoring position-Tampa Bay 3 (Longoria 2, Bartlett); Kansas City 3 (JGuillen 3).
DP-Tampa Bay 1 (Longoria, Iwamura and CPena); Kansas City 1 (Aviles and Gload).
Tampa IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Kazmir 5 7 2 2 0 5 91 2.84
TMiller 1 0 0 0 2 2 21 5.19
AReyes W, 2-2
1 1 0 0 0 0 7 4.12
Wheeler 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 2.18
Percival S, 22
1 2 1 1 0 0 22 3.69
Kan City IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Hochevar 5 4 2 2 1 0 78 5.38
HRamirez L, 1-1
2 2/3 3 2 2 0 1 43 2.79
RRamirez 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 3 2.94
Peralta 1 1 1 1 1 0 20 5.91
Umpires-Home, Paul Nauert; First, Brian O'Nora; Second, Tom Hallion; Third, Jerry Crawford.
T-3:09. A-24,322 (38,030).
Twins 11, Indians 4
CLEVELAND - Brian Buscher hit a three-run homer and had a career-high five RBIs to help Minnesota end a five-game losing streak.
Fausto Carmona's return to Cleveland's rotation was a rocky one. The right-hander, who missed two months with a strained left hip, allowed nine runs in 2 1/3 innings, including six in the first.
Scott Baker allowed three runs in five innings. The right-hander has won five of his last six decisions.
Minnesota AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
Span cf 5 1 1 0 1 0 .337
Casilla 2b 5 2 1 0 0 0 .315
Mauer c 4 1 1 1 1 0 .320
Morneau 1b 3 2 2 0 2 0 .319
Kubel rf 4 1 2 2 0 1 .263
DYoung lf 5 2 3 2 0 1 .297
Lamb dh 5 1 1 1 0 0 .228
Buscher 3b 5 1 3 5 0 1 .333
Punto ss 5 0 1 0 0 2 .288
Totals 41 11 15 11 4 5
Cleveland AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
Sizemore cf 5 0 1 0 0 3 .273
Dellucci dh 5 1 1 0 0 0 .224
Choo lf 3 1 1 0 1 2 .258
Peralta ss 4 1 2 2 0 0 .272
Shoppch c 3 0 1 1 1 2 .254
Garko 1b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .236
AMarte 3b 3 1 1 1 1 0 .190
Gtierrez rf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .219
Cabrera 2b 2 0 0 0 1 1 .183
Gonzalez ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.00
Totals 34 4 8 4 4 10
Minnesota 603 000 020 - 11 15 0
Cleveland 000 012 010 - 4 8 0
LOB-Minnesota 8, Cleveland 7. 2B-Morneau (24), Lamb (10), Choo (12). 3B-Peralta (2). HR-AMarte (3), off SBaker; Buscher (3), off Carmona. RBIs-Mauer (46), Kubel 2 (50), DYoung 2 (41), Lamb (28), Buscher 5 (26), Peralta 2 (54), Shoppach (27), AMarte (5). SF-Kubel. GIDP-Dellucci.
Runners left in scoring position-Minnesota 4 (ACasilla, DYoung, Lamb 2); Cleveland 2 (Garko, FGutierrez).
DP-Minnesota 1 (Punto, ACasilla and Morneau).
Minn IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
SBaker W, 7-3
5 5 3 3 3 5 97 3.38
Bass 1 0 0 0 1 1 22 4.96
Breslow 1 0 0 0 0 1 16 2.19
Crain 1 2 1 1 0 2 15 3.51
Guerrier 1 1 0 0 0 1 11 3.33
Cleve IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Carmona L, 4-3
2 1/3 7 9 9 3 1 69 4.33
Mastny 2 2/3 2 0 0 1 2 41 11.68
JLewis 2 1/3 5 2 2 0 1 42 4.89
Btncourt 2/3 0 0 0 0 1 10 5.77
Mujica 1 1 0 0 0 0 15 4.12
Umpires-Home, Jim Joyce; First, Jeff Nelson; Second, Adrian Johnson; Third, Tim Tschida.
T-3:21. A-35,390 (43,545).
White Sox 7, Tigers 6
DETROIT - Carlos Quentin and Jermaine Dye hit back-to-back homers and drove in two runs each to lead first-place Chicago to its fourth straight win.
Chicago stretched its lead to four games over Minnesota and 7 1/2 games over third-place Detroit in the A.L. Central.
Gary Sheffield and Magglio Ordonez homered for the Tigers, who had their four-game winning streak snapped.
Chicago AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
Cabrera ss 5 1 1 0 0 0 .267
Przynski c 5 2 2 1 0 0 .288
Quentin lf 4 2 2 2 1 1 .281
Dye rf 4 2 2 2 0 1 .312
Thome dh 4 0 1 1 0 2 .256
Swisher 1b 3 0 0 1 0 1 .231
Ramirez 2b 3 0 1 0 1 0 .314
Wise cf 4 0 1 0 0 2 .306
Fields 3b 4 0 0 0 0 2 .143
Uribe 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .229
Totals 36 7 10 7 2 9
Detroit AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
Grndrson cf 5 0 2 0 0 1 .296
Polanco 2b 4 1 1 0 1 1 .310
Guillen 3b 4 1 1 0 0 1 .287
Ordonez rf 4 2 2 2 0 0 .321
Cabrera 1b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .292
Sheffield dh 4 1 1 1 0 1 .222
Thames lf 4 0 0 0 0 3 .261
Renteria ss 4 1 2 0 0 0 .260
Inge c 4 0 1 0 0 1 .220
Totals 37 6 11 3 1 9
Chicago 004 030 000 - 7 10 1
Detroit 010 301 100 - 6 11 1
E-AlRamirez (9), CGuillen (13). LOB-Chicago 5, Detroit 5. 2B-OCabrera (19), Thome (22), Granderson (16), CGuillen (25), Ordonez (22). HR-Ordonez (14), off Danks; Dye (23), off Verlander; Quentin (27), off Verlander; Sheffield (8), off Danks. RBIs-Pierzynski (38), Quentin 2 (78), Dye 2 (63), Thome (57), Swisher (49), Ordonez 2 (60), Sheffield (26). SB-Granderson (7). SF-Swisher. GIDP-Wise, Granderson, Sheffield.
Runners left in scoring position-Chicago 2 (Fields 2); Detroit 4 (Polanco, CGuillen 2, Thames).
DP-Chicago 2 (Swisher and OCabrera), (AlRamirez, OCabrera and Swisher); Detroit 1 (Renteria and MiCabrera).
Chicago IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Danks W, 8-4
6 7 5 4 0 5 93 3.18
DCarrasco 2/3 1 1 1 0 0 9 2.31
Logan 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 4.21
Dotel 1 1/3 1 0 0 1 3 27 2.91
Jenks S, 21
1 1 0 0 0 1 16 1.73
Detroit IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Verlander L, 8-10
4 9 7 7 1 5 110 4.29
Seay 3 1 0 0 1 3 44 2.73
Dolsi 2 0 0 0 0 1 23 4.55
Umpires-Home, Joe West; First, Ed Rapuano; Second, Todd Tichenor; Third, C.B. Bucknor. T-3:05. A-45,280 (41,070).
Angels 11, Orioles 6
BALTIMORE - Torii Hunter homered twice, had five RBIs and scored four runs to carry Los Angeles over Baltimore.
Hunter went 3-for-3 with two walks. He hit a two-run single in the first inning, a solo homer in third and a two-run shot in the ninth. It was his third two-homer game of the season and the 11th of his career.
Casey Kotchman and Juan Rivera also homered for the Angels, and Garret Anderson became the first player in franchise history to score 1,000 runs.
Los Angeles AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
Figgins 3b 4 1 1 0 1 1 .272
Ktchman 1b 5 1 2 2 0 0 .290
Izturis ss 4 1 0 0 1 1 .263
Guerrero rf 3 2 0 0 2 0 .284
Hunter cf 3 4 3 5 2 0 .278
Andrson dh 4 1 1 0 1 0 .269
Kndrick 2b 5 0 2 1 0 2 .336
Rivera lf 4 1 1 3 0 0 .248
Willits lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .185
Mathis c 3 0 0 0 1 0 .220
Totals 35 11 10 11 8 4
Baltimore AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
Roberts 2b 4 0 0 1 0 1 .284
AJones cf 5 1 1 0 0 2 .280
Markakis rf 4 1 1 0 0 0 .291
Huff dh 4 1 2 3 0 0 .291
Mora 3b 3 1 0 0 0 0 .249
Fahey ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 .234
Scott lf 3 1 1 2 1 0 .262
Millar 1b 3 0 0 0 1 2 .241
RHernndz c 3 1 2 0 1 0 .248
Castro ss 4 0 1 0 0 0 .158
Totals 33 6 8 6 3 5
Los Angeles 203 001 032 - 11 10 0
Baltimore 300 002 001 - 6 8 1
E-Liz (2). LOB-Los Angeles 5, Baltimore 5. 2B-RHernandez (14). HR-JRivera (5), off FCabrera; Scott (18), off Garland; Hunter 2 (15), off FCabrera, Liz; Kotchman (11), off Liz; Huff (20), off Garland. RBIs-Kotchman 2 (52), Hunter 5 (51), Kendrick (33), JRivera 3 (15), BRoberts (35), Huff 3 (64), Scott 2 (44). SB-Izturis (10). CS-Kotchman (1). SF-BRoberts. GIDP-JRivera, JCastro.
Runners left in scoring position-Los Angeles 2 (Figgins 2); Baltimore 1 (RHernandez).
DP-Los Angeles 1 (Kendrick, Izturis and Kotchman); Baltimore 2 (JCastro, BRoberts and Millar), (RHernandez and JCastro).
LAA IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Garland W, 9-6
5 1/3 7 5 5 2 3 90 4.30
Arrdndo 1 2/3 0 0 0 1 1 23 1.26
Oliver 2 1 1 1 0 1 30 3.35
Baltimore IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Liz L, 4-3
5 2/3 7 6 6 4 1 102 7.47
Cormier 1 1/3 1 2 2 2 2 33 3.60
FCabrera 2 2 3 3 2 1 38 3.14
Umpires-Home, Tim McClelland; First, Larry Vanover; Second, Mike DiMuro; Third, Mike Everitt.
T-2:59. A-21,819 (48,290).
Rangers 9, Athletics 4
OAKLAND, Calif. - Josh Hamilton hit a three-run homer to increase his major league-leading RBI total to 103, and Texas beat All-Star pitcher Justin Duchscherer.
The night before, Hamilton hit a two-run shot and reached 100 RBIs for the first time in his career - in his 99th game of the season, no less.
Chris Davis hit a solo homer and doubled in a run, and Marlon Byrd hit a solo shot for Texas.
Texas AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
Kinsler 2b 4 1 2 0 1 0 .328
MYoung ss 5 0 1 1 0 1 .296
Hamilton cf 5 1 1 3 0 1 .305
Bradley dh 2 0 0 0 0 2 .308
Catlntto ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .278
Ramirez ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .233
Blalock 3b 3 1 0 0 1 0 .265
MByrd rf 4 1 2 1 0 0 .252
DMurphy lf 4 1 0 0 0 0 .272
CDavis 1b 4 2 2 2 0 1 .303
Sltlmcchia c 3 2 2 2 1 1 .232
Totals 36 9 10 9 3 8
Oakland AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
Ellis 2b 4 1 1 1 0 0 .232
Gonzlez rf 4 1 2 0 1 0 .276
KSuzuki c 3 1 1 0 1 0 .289
EBrown dh 5 1 1 1 0 0 .246
Crosby ss 4 0 1 1 0 1 .251
Bankston 1b 2 0 0 1 1 0 .240
Murton lf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .100
Hannahan 3b 4 0 2 0 0 0 .234
RDavis cf 3 0 0 0 1 1 .224
Totals 33 4 8 4 4 2
Texas 030 030 210 - 9 10 1
Oakland 002 010 001 - 4 8 0
E-MiYoung (7). LOB-Texas 3, Oakland 9. 2B-CDavis (6), Sltalamacchia (9), Hannahan (21). HR-Ellis (10), off Madrigal; MByrd (5), off Dinardo; CDavis (10), off Duchscherer; EBrown (9), off Harrison; Hamilton (24), off Duchscherer. RBIs-MiYoung (57), Hamilton 3 (103), MByrd (18), CDavis 2 (20), Sltalamacchia 2 (24), Ellis (35), EBrown (50), Crosby (41), Bankston (4). SB-RDavis (13). SF-Bankston. GIDP-MiYoung, EBrown, Murton.
Runners left in scoring position-Texas 3 (Kinsler, Blalock 2); Oakland 5 (KSuzuki, Crosby 2, Murton, RDavis).
DP-Texas 2 (Blalock, Kinsler and CDavis), (Kinsler, MiYoung and CDavis); Oakland 1 (Dinardo, Crosby, Ellis and Bankston).
Texas IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Harrison W, 2-1
5 5 3 1 3 1 86 7.32
Rupe 3 2 0 0 1 1 48 4.10
Madrigal 1 1 1 1 0 0 13 7.36
Oakland IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Duchscherer L, 10-7
6 9 8 8 2 6 108 2.37
Dinardo 3 1 1 1 1 2 37 7.80
Umpires-Home, Jerry Meals; First, Gary Darling; Second, Angel Campos; Third, Bill Miller.
T-2:35. A-20,653 (35,067).
Yankees 10, Red Sox 3
New York AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
Damon dh 5 1 1 2 0 0 .313
Christian ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .273
Jeter ss 6 1 2 1 0 2 .285
BAbreu rf 4 1 2 2 1 0 .279
Rodriguez 3b 3 1 2 1 1 0 .324
Betemit 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250
Giambi 1b 4 0 0 1 1 2 .252
Sexson pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .216
Cano 2b 4 1 3 3 1 0 .270
Nady lf 3 1 0 0 1 0 .000
Cabrera cf 5 2 2 0 0 2 .250
JMolina c 2 2 1 0 2 0 .220
Totals 37 10 13 10 7 6
Boston AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
Pedroia 2b 4 1 0 0 1 1 .317
Youkilis 1b 4 1 2 0 1 0 .313
Ortiz dh 4 0 2 1 0 2 .257
MRamirez lf 4 0 0 1 0 0 .298
Lowell 3b 3 0 0 0 1 1 .285
JDrew rf 4 1 1 1 0 1 .287
Lowrie ss 2 0 0 0 2 1 .286
Crisp cf 4 0 0 0 0 2 .248
Cash c 4 0 1 0 0 2 .235
Totals 33 3 6 3 5 10
New York 001 204 030 - 10 13 1
Boston 200 001 000 - 3 6 0
E-ARodriguez (8). LOB-New York 10, Boston 8. 2B-Jeter (22), BAbreu (25), ARodriguez (21), Cano (22), MlCabrera (12). HR-JDrew (19), off Pettitte; Cano (9), off Wakefield. RBIs-Damon 2 (40), Jeter (47), BAbreu 2 (66), ARodriguez (62), Giambi (59), Cano 3 (48), Ortiz (44), MRamirez (63), JDrew (58). SB-Damon (15), MlCabrera (8). CS-Cano (4), Nady (1). GIDP-MRamirez.
Runners left in scoring position-New York 8 (Jeter 2, ARodriguez, Giambi 2, Nady 2, MlCabrera); Boston 2 (MRamirez, JDrew).
DP-New York 1 (ARodriguez, Cano and Giambi); Boston 2 (Youkilis and Lowell), (Cash and Pedroia).
NYY IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Pettitte W, 12-7
6 5 3 1 3 7 110 3.76
Veras 1/3 1 0 0 1 1 14 2.94
Marte 1/3 0 0 0 0 1 4 0.00
E]Ramirez
1 1/3 0 0 0 1 1 22 2.39
Robertson 1 0 0 0 0 0 13 1.46
Boston IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Wakefield L, 6-8
5 1/3 8 6 6 4 3 100 3.94
Mastrsn 0 3 1 1 0 0 14 3.65
JLopez 1 2/3 0 0 0 0 1 17 2.72
Hansen 2/3 1 3 3 3 1 32 5.90
Timlin 1 1/3 1 0 0 0 1 19 5.72
Umpires-Home, Derryl Cousins; First, Angel Hernandez; Second, Eric Cooper; Third, Marty Foster.
T-3:28. A-37,225 (36,984).
Blue Jays 8,
Mariners 3
TORONTO - Alex Rios homered twice, David Purcey earned his first major league win and Toronto dealt Seattle its seventh consecutive defeat.
Seattle, which has won one of eight since the All-Star break, matched its longest skid of the season. The Mariners also lost seven straight from May 20-26.
The Blue Jays equaled a season high by winning their fifth straight.
Seattle AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
ISuzuki rf 5 0 1 0 0 0 .295
Bloomqst cf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .270
Reed ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .254
Ibanez lf 4 0 1 0 1 1 .275
Beltre 3b 4 2 2 0 0 2 .260
Lopez 2b 4 1 2 3 0 0 .299
Vidro dh 4 0 0 0 0 1 .223
Cairo 1b 3 0 1 0 0 0 .236
Burke c 3 0 2 0 0 0 .270
LaHair ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .231
Btncourt ss 4 0 0 0 0 1 .258
Totals 37 3 10 3 1 7
Toronto AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
Inglett 2b 4 2 3 2 1 0 .292
Eckstein ss 4 0 1 0 0 1 .271
Rios cf 2 2 2 3 1 0 .286
Overbay 1b 3 0 0 0 1 2 .273
Stairs dh 4 2 2 0 0 1 .248
Rolen 3b 2 1 0 1 1 0 .263
Lind lf 3 0 1 0 1 0 .313
Wilkrson rf 3 0 0 1 0 1 .231
Zaun c 4 1 1 0 0 1 .243
Totals 29 8 10 7 5 6
Seattle 010 002 000 - 3 10 1
Toronto 111 212 00x - 8 10 0
E-ISuzuki (3). LOB-Seattle 9, Toronto 6. 2B-Ibanez (27), Beltre (19), JoLopez (27), Inglett 2 (8), Zaun (8). 3B-Stairs (1). HR-JoLopez (7), off Purcey; Rios 2 (8), off Dickey 2. RBIs-JoLopez 3 (56), Inglett 2 (23), Rios 3 (47), Rolen (31), Wilkerson (21). S-Eckstein. SF-Rios, Rolen, Wilkerson. GIDP-Overbay.
Runners left in scoring position-Seattle 4 (Ibanez, Beltre, YBetancourt 2); Toronto 3 (Eckstein 2, Overbay).
DP-Seattle 1 (JoLopez, YBetancourt and Cairo).
Seattle IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Dickey L, 2-6
5 1/3 10 8 8 4 3 102 4.62
Corcoran 2 2/3 0 0 0 1 3 29 3.12
Toronto IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Purcey W, 1-1
6 7 3 3 1 4 99 8.10
Downs 1 1 0 0 0 1 11 1.51
League 1 0 0 0 0 0 12 3.65
Frasor 1 2 0 0 0 2 19 3.94
Umpires-Home, Tim Welke; First, Bill Welke; Second, James Hoye; Third, Chris Guccione.
T-2:26. A-33,041 (49,539).
