Jaret Wright won his second consecutive game since coming back from a shoulder injury, pitching seven sharp innings in New York's 7-0 victory over Toronto on Monday night.
The Yankees moved within 3.5 games of idle Boston, the AL East leader, and tied Oakland in the wild-card race. Hideki Matsui drove in three runs and Alex Rodriguez reached 100 RBIs with an eighth-inning double for New York, which broke open a close game with a four-run seventh.
Wright (4-2) allowed four hits, three early walks and struck out five. Alan Embree, Tanyon Sturtze and Scott Proctor finished the five-hitter. Scott Downs (1-3) gave up two runs -- one earned -- and six hits in six innings for Toronto, which lost its fourth straight.
Indians 11, Devil Rays 4
At St. Petersburg, Florida, Victor Martinez and Ben Broussard hit two-run homers in Cleveland's seven-run seventh inning.
Coco Crisp, Grady Sizemore and Jhonny Peralta homered for Cleveland, which has won five straight to move within a percentage point of Oakland and the New York Yankees in the AL wild-card race. It was Cleveland's eighth straight road win and the Indians (69-56) are a season-high 13 games over .500.
Travis Lee and Jorge Cantu homered for Tampa Bay, which had a five-game winning streak end.
Travis Hafner broke a 4-4 tie in the seventh with a sacrifice fly off reliever Travis Miller (1-1). Martinez followed with his two-run shot. Broussard hit a two-run drive off Jesus Colome before Sizemore and Crisp added RBI singles to make it 11-4.
Kevin Millwood (7-10) went six innings, giving up four runs and five hits. He had seven strikeouts and three walks.
Dontrelle Willis gave up two runs but stranded four runners in scoring position and drove in the go-ahead run with a sacrifice fly to help the Florida Marlins beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 5-2 on Monday.
Willis (17-8) earned a share of the major-league lead in victories with St. Louis' Chris Carpenter (17-4). Carlos Delgado went 3-for-4 with two RBIs, and Damion Easley reached base five times for the Marlins. They went 9-4 on a two-week homestand, all against the National League West division. The Marlins won their fourth series in a row, taking three of four games from Los Angeles.
Willis, who allowed five hits and a season-high five walks, departed after five innings with a 3-2 lead after throwing 105 pitches. Florida relievers allowed one hit in four innings to complete a six-hitter. Todd Jones pitched the ninth for his 28th save in 30 chances.
Dodgers rookie Edwin Jackson (0-1) gave up five walks and five hits in 4 2-3 innings but left trailing only 3-2. He was recalled from Double-A Jacksonville to take injured left-hander Odalis Perez's turn in the rotation.
Braves 4, Cubs 2
At Chicago, Tim Hudson pitched his first complete game of the season and Atlanta's Chipper Jones hit two two-run homers, the second in the ninth off reliever Kerry Wood.
It was Jones' first multihomer game since Aug. 25 last year, against Colorado, and the 31st of his career.
Marcus Giles singled with one out in the ninth. Jones then connected on a 2-2 pitch from Wood (3-4), sending his 13th homer over the wall in right-center. Hudson (10-7) allowed seven hits, struck out five and walked one in his first complete game since Aug. 17 last year.
Cubs starter Carlos Zambrano allowed two runs and three hits, struck out 10 and did not walk a batter before being lifted for a pinch hitter in the eighth.
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