Yankees 10, Mariners 0
NEW YORK (AP) - Robinson Cano hit a grand slam and drove in a career-high six runs, CC Sabathia extended his home winning streak to 15 decisions and the New York Yankees routed the Seattle Mariners 10-0 on a rain-slicked field Sunday.
Austin Kearns and Jorge Posada also homered for the Yankees, who notched another win minus slugger Alex Rodriguez. New York is a confounding 12-0 this season without the three-time MVP, placed on the 15-day disabled list Saturday with a strained left calf.
Cano is a big reason for all that success. Making his own bid for an MVP award, the All-Star second baseman launched his 25th home run in the fifth inning off Luke French (2-4) gave up Cano's 25th homer.
Sabathia (17-5) held Seattle hitless until the fifth and became the AL's first 17-game winner.
Rays 3, Athletics 2
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) - Matt Garza came out on top in a matchup between pitchers who threw no-hitters this season, outpitching Dallas Braden for his career-high 13th win and leading Tampa Bay over the Athletics.
Garza (13-7) scattered four hits over 7 2-3 innings and overcame a balk that led to Oakland's only run against him.
Braden (8-9) allowed only four hits but gave up all three Tampa Bay runs and took the loss. It's only the second loss in six starts for the A's lefty, who pitched a perfect game against the Rays on May 9.
Red Sox 5, Blue Jays 0
BOSTON (AP) - Clay Buchholz pitched six innings of five-hit ball to lower his AL-best ERA to 2.26 and Bill Hall hit a two-run homer for the Red Sox.
The game began 1 hour, 44 minutes late and was stopped for 59 minutes by more rain with two outs in the top of the third of a scoreless tie.
Buchholz (15-5) extended his streak to 23 2-3 innings without allowing an earned run.
Shaun Marcum (11-7) retired Boston's first 12 batters. He left after seven innings, having given up three runs and four hits. He had six strikeouts and without a walk.
Rangers 6, Orioles 4
BALTIMORE (AP) - Josh Hamilton and Vladimir Guerrero each hit three-run homers, Tommy Hunter earned his career-high 10th win and Texas beat Baltimore to split the four-game series.
The AL West-leading Rangers had lost 11 of 15 before the victory, which also snapped a 1-7 stretch on the road.
Luke Scott hit his 100th career homer and Ty Wigginton also connected for Baltimore, now 12-8 under manager Buck Showalter.
Hunter (10-2) gave up three runs and five hits over eight innings.
Hamilton and Guerrero both connected off Kevin Millwood (2-14).
Royals 3, White Sox 2, 10 innings
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - Jason Kendall hit a game-ending single with two outs in the 10th inning to give the Royals a victory over the White Sox in the teams' third extra-inning game in less than 24 hours.
Gregor Blanco walked with two outs and stole second and third before Kendall delivered the hit to left-center off Scott Linebrink (1-1).
The Royals and White Sox played three games totaling 9 hours, 32 minutes and 31 innings. They split a doubleheader Saturday night, the first game going 11 innings and the second 10, that did not end until 1:11 a.m. Sunday morning.
Sean O'Sullivan (2-4) worked a scoreless 10th to pick up his first victory since the Royals acquired him in a July 22 trade with the Los Angeles Angels.
Tigers 8, Indians 1
DETROIT (AP) - Justin Verlander pitched eight strong innings, rookie Will Rhymes had four hits and the Tigers completed a three-game sweep.
The Tigers outscored Cleveland 19-3 in the lopsided weekend series, and have had two three-game winning streaks and a three-game losing streak in their last nine games.
Verlander (14-8), who has struggled with high pitch counts early in games this season, didn't throw his 100th pitch Sunday until the eighth inning. He gave up a run in the first and finished with eight strikeouts against seven hits and a walk.
Jeanmar Gomez (3-2) left after the third, having allowed as many runs as he had in his first five starts combined. He gave up eight runs, seven earned, 11 hits and three walks.
Twins 4, Angels 0
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Scott Baker pitched seven shutout innings, Michael Cuddyer had a bases-loaded double, and the Twins beat the Angels.
Danny Valencia homered for the Twins, who took two of three from Los Angeles.
Minnesota went 7-2 on its nine-game homestand to increase its lead in the AL Central to five games over struggling Chicago.
Valencia homered to open the fifth against Jered Weaver (11-9), and Cuddyer fouled off five straight pitches with two strikes before hitting his double to left-center.
That was plenty of support for Baker (11-9), who bounced back from a pair of poor performances where he left the ball up in the zone. He allowed five hits, struck out three and walked one.