American League
Ichiro Suzuki moved within six of George Sisler's 84-year-old record of 257 hits in a season, and the Seattle Mariners beat Texas 9-0 Sunday to damage the Rangers' playoff hopes.
Baek Cha-seung (2-4) allowed just three hits in eight innings, and Scott Atchison pitched the ninth to complete the three-hitter.
With a come-from-behind victory Saturday, the Rangers (86-69) had closed within two games of AL West-leading Oakland (88-66), which played later Sunday at Anaheim (86-68). The Angels start a four-game series in Texas on Monday.
Ryan Drese (14-9) had won his three previous starts and had a 2.87 ERA at home but gave up six runs and nine hits in 4 1-3 innings.
Red Sox 11, Yankees 4
In Boston, Curt Schilling (21-6), who leads in the major leagues in wins, allowed one hit in seven innings as Boston battered Kevin Brown (10-5) in his return from a broken left hand.
Boston's Pedro Astacio and New York's Brad Halsey were ejected in the eighth inning for throwing inside to batters.
After losing Friday's opener, Boston won the final two games and took the season series (11-8) for the first time since 1999. The Red Sox (93-62), who began the day six games ahead of Anaheim in the wild-card race, closed within 3 1/2 games of first-place New York (97-59) in the AL East.
Boston scored four runs in the first inning off Brown, who got just two outs in his first appearance since breaking his non-pitching hand when he punched a clubhouse wall in frustration. The Red Sox made it 7-0 in the second against Esteban Loaiza, who allowed seven runs in 4 2-3 innings.
Orioles 5, Tigers 0
In Baltimore, Rodrigo Lopez (14-8) pitched a three-hitter for his second career shutout while Baltimore completed a 6-0 season sweep.
Miguel Tejada homered and drove in three runs, and B.J. Surhoff also connected for the Orioles.
Detroit, blanked in its last 21 innings, has lost five straight and seven of eight. Mike Maroth (11-12) allowed five runs and nine hits in 7 2-3 innings.
White Sox 5, Royals 1
In Chicago, Jon Garland (11-11) gave up one run and five hits in 8 1-3 innings, and Damaso Marte finished for his sixth save. Wilson Valdez hit his first career homer, a drive off Brian Anderson (5-12), as the Royals dropped to 57-98 -- their second-most losses behind 2002 (62-100).
Angels 6, Athletics 2
In Anaheim, California, Troy Glaus drove in three runs to back John Lackey, and the Anaheim Angels beat Oakland 6-2 Sunday to pull within one game of the AL West-leading Athletics with a week to play.
Oakland (88-67), which has had sole possession of the first place since Aug. 6, dropped to 10-14 in September. After taking two of three from the A's, Anaheim (87-68) goes to Texas for a four-game series starting Monday before closing with three games at Oakland.
National League
Alex Cora's second homer in two days provided the unexpected spark Los Angeles needed.
The light-hitting second baseman homered and drove in two runs again, and the Dodgers moved 2 1/2 games ahead of the Giants in the NL West with a 7-4 victory over San Francisco on Sunday.
Barry Bonds' 703rd homer gave the Giants a third-inning lead. But Cora was just one of several heroes for the Dodgers, who took two of three weekend games in San Francisco.
A day after sitting out in observance of Yom Kippur, Shawn Green drew a bases-loaded walk in the fifth to put the Dodgers ahead.
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