NEW YORK – New York pitcher C.C. Sabathia didn’t allow a runner past second base, holding the Boston Red Sox scoreless in the Yankees 5-0 win Saturday over their eternal American League rival.
Sabathia pitched into the eighth without giving up a run, and didn’t concede a hit until the final out of the sixth.
New York has won six straight, including back-to-back wins over Boston, having previously been winless against the Red Sox this season. Saturday’s result opened a 5-1/2 game lead for the Yankees atop the AL East. A
At Anaheim, California, Los Angeles edged Texas, 3-2, to extend its lead in the AL West standings.
Angels pitcher Jered Weaver matched a career high with 11 strikeouts as Los Angeles opened a 4-1/2 game lead over the Rangers.
Weaver pitched into the eighth inning for the first time in his past 10 starts, allowing two runs and winning his fifth straight decision.
At Toronto, Adam Lind’s double in the 10th inning scored the winning run, lifting Toronto over Baltimore, 3-2, in 10 innings.
Joe Inglett led off the inning with a single, and after he was forced out at second on a bunt, Aaron Hill singled just beyond the glove of the second baseman. Lind followed with a double off the wall in leftfield.
The victory snapped the Blue Jays’ three-game losing skid.
At Kansas City, Zack Greinke earned his first win over an American League club since May 26, while Mike Jacobs and Billy Butler each drove in three runs as the Royals defeated Oakland, 12-6.
Butler had three doubles and every Royals starter had at least one hit and scored a run. Jacobs and Miguel Olivo hit back-to-back home runs in a four-run fourth.
Although Greinke (11-7) leads the league with a 2.43 ERA, he was 0-5 and the Royals were winless in his previous nine starts against AL teams. Greinke went seven innings and yielded three runs on seven hits to pick up his first victory since June 28 at Pittsburgh. He struck out five and ranks second in the AL with 167.
A’s right-hander Clayton Mortensen (0-1), who was making his first big league start, gave up eight runs on eight hits and three walks in four-plus innings. (AP)