Yankees edge closer to BoSox

The Yankees trimmed Boston's AL East lead to one game as homers from Mark Teixeira and Alex Rodriguez gave them a 2-1 win over Detroit.

Rodriguez went long in the bottom of the fourth inning to cancel out a Clete Thomas bomb and Teixeira followed suit in the sixth, backing up a solid start from Joba Chamberlain (5-2) who allowed one run on three hits in 6 2/3 innings.

It was tough luck on Detroit's Edwin Jackson (7-5), who allowed two runs in seven innings, as Chamberlain earned his first win since June 24 to complete a sweep of the Tigers.

The Red Sox, meanwhile, found their offence stymied by the dominant Roy Halladay (11-3).

In his first outing since starting for the AL in the All-Star Game, the Toronto Blue Jays ace tossed a complete game, allowing one run on six hits in a 3-1 win.

All three RBI came from Rod Barajas.

Oakland Athletics rookie Brett Anderson took a perfect game into the seventh inning but still wound up on the losing side as Bobby Abreu's 10th-inning homer earned the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim a 1-0 win.

Abreu was the first base runner allowed by Anderson on a single, and his long ball off Andrew Bailey (4-2) made a winner of John Lackey (5-4), who allowed three hits in nine scoreless innings.

Gregg Zaun's home run highlighted a four RBI night for the catcher as the Baltimore Orioles beat up on the Chicago White Sox for a 10-2 win.

The Tampa Bay Rays left it late again against the Kansas City Royals, needing an RBI single from Carlos Pena and Gabe Gross' bases-loaded walk in the eighth frame to complete a 4-3 win.

Jack Hannahan's sacrifice fly in the eighth broke a 3-3 tie and set the Seattle Mariners on their way to a 5-3 win over the Cleveland Indians.

The consistent Ichiro Suzuki was 3-for-4 and also made a game-saving catch in the ninth.

Ian Kinsler bookended a marathon game between the Texas Rangers and the Minnesota Twins with home runs.

The second baseman hit a lead-off shot in the first before finally deciding matters in the 12th with a two-run walk-off blast as the Rangers won 5-3.