ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) -Matt Garza and two relievers combined on a six-hitter and Carlos Pena homered to lead AL East-leading Tampa Bay past Toronto 1-0 on Wednesday night.
Garza (11-7) allowed six hits and three walks with five strikeouts over 7 2-3 innings. Dan Wheeler pitched the ninth for his ninth save.
Pena homered in the fourth, his 27th of the season and sixth over his past 13 games.
Blue Jays rookie David Purcey gave up five hits and struck out a career-high 11 in eight innings for his first career complete game. He struck out 10 and allowed three hits - two by Pena, including the homer - in the first five innings.
The announced attendance was 12,678, the fifth straight Rays' home game with a crowd under 20,000.
NEW YORK (AP) - Jason Bay drove in four runs and Dustin Pedroia hit a grand slam for Boston.
Pedroia's first career slam capped a seven-run eighth inning and New York dropped seven games behind Boston, which leads the AL wild-card race by 2 1/2 games over Minnesota.
The Red Sox remained 3 1/2 games behind first-place Tampa Bay in the AL East.
Sidney Ponson (7-5) lasted 4 2-3 innings and dropped to 3-13 with a 6.95 ERA in 22 starts against the Red Sox.
Paul Byrd (9-11) allowed two runs and five hits in six innings. He struck out five and improved to 2-1 in three starts since Boston acquired him from the Indians this month. Byrd has won six of his last seven starts following a five-game losing streak.
Bay hit a two-run double in the first and an RBI triple in the eighth when Boston battered relievers Jose Veras and David Robertson.
BALTIMORE (AP) - Brian Roberts had three RBIs as Baltimore ended a five-game losing streak.
Roberts gave the Orioles the lead for good with a two-run single in the second, then drove in a run with his AL-leading 46th double in the fourth.
Aubrey Huff hit his 29th homer and drove in three runs, and Melvin Mora and Kevin Millar also homered for the Orioles.
Paul Konerko and Jermaine Dye homered for the White Sox, whose lead over Minnesota in the AL Central was sliced to one game.
White Sox starter John Danks (10-7) allowed four runs and seven hits in four innings. He was unbeaten in nine road starts since May 3.
Radhames Liz (5-3) gave up two runs, three hits and five walks in 5 1-3 innings for the Orioles, who hadn't held an opponent under four runs in their previous 10 games.
SEATTLE (AP) - Denard Span drove in two runs and threw out the potential tying run at the plate in the bottom of the eighth as Minnesota snapped a four-game losing streak.
The Twins scored three runs in the eighth to take a 6-4 lead. Consecutive doubles by Kenji Johjima and Jeff Clement in the bottom of the inning made it 6-5.
Miguel Cairo grounded a single to right which Span fielded cleanly and threw a perfect strike to catcher Mike Redmond, getting pinch-runner Tug Hulett by a few feet.
Joe Nathan worked the ninth for his 36th save.
The Twins took the lead in the eighth against Sean Green (3-4) on a run-scoring double by Jason Kubel and a two-run single by pinch-hitter Brian Buscher.
Glen Perkins (12-3) went seven innings, but twice gave up leads.
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) - Emil Brown homered and drove in three runs and Rajai Davis had a career-high four hits for Oakland.
The Athletics won two of three from the Angels and took a series for the first time in their last 13 attempts since July 7-10, when they won three of four from Seattle.
The Angels haven't won any of their last five series since sweeping the Yankees at home.
Huston Street (4-5) retired all five batters he faced after coming on in the sixth and striking out Mike Napoli with two men on.
Rookie Brad Ziegler, who replaced Street as the Athletics' closer, got five outs for his sixth save.
Staked to a 6-0 lead through two innings in his in his fifth big league start, Oakland left-hander Gio Gonzalez failed to retire a batter in the fourth as the Angels rallied with four runs.
Joe Saunders (14-7) went 1 1-3 innings, allowing six runs and eight hits.
DETROIT (AP) - Kelly Shoppach homered and drove in three runs and Shin-Soo Choo hit a home run to lift Cleveland to its 10th straight win.
Cleveland's team record is 13 consecutive wins, accomplished twice, the last time in 1951.
Magglio Ordonez homered and drove in three runs and Curtis Granderson homered for Detroit, which lost its fourth straight.
Fausto Carmona (7-5) allowed four runs and seven hits in six innings to beat Justin Verlander (10-14), who gave up five runs and seven hits in six innings, walking three and striking out eight.
The Indians had surrendered a two-run lead and trailed 4-3 in the fourth when Shoppach put them ahead for good with his 17th homer, a two-run shot off Verlander. Shoo made it 7-4 in the seventh with a two-run homer, his seventh of the year.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - Texas' Matt Harrison won for the fourth time in August.
The Royals have lost 10 of their last 11 games and 17 of 20, falling to a season-worst 21 games below .500.
Harrison (6-3), a 22-year-old rookie left-hander, went 4-1 in five August starts. He held the Royals to two runs, one earned, and seven hits in 6 2-3 innings.
Chris Davis and Jarrod Saltalamacchia hit two-out doubles in the seventh to tie it, then Saltalamacchia scored when pitcher Brian Bannister dropped Joaquin Arias' routine popup.
Frank Francisco pitched the ninth for his first career save.
Bannister (7-14), who struck out a career-high eight, has not won in 11 starts, since June 23. He gave up three runs, two earned, and six hits.
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