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.
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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.
Chicago's Derrek Lee led off the seventh with his 37th homer, tying it at 2.
Cardinals 3, Pirates 1
At Pittsburgh, Mark Mulder beat Pittsburgh for the fifth time in five career starts and third time this season. Mulder (15-6) limited the Pirates to one run and three hits in eight innings.
Abraham Nunez, a former Pirates infielder, went 3-for-4 and drove in a run for the Cardinals.
Josh Fogg (6-9) gave up three runs and 11 hits in five innings and is 1-8 with an 8.47 ERA in 10 career starts against the Cardinals.
Jason Isringhausen pitched the ninth for his 33rd save. The victory was Tony La Russa's 2,193rd as a manager, leaving him one behind Sparky Anderson for third place in major league history.
So Taguchi and Hector Luna had RBI singles for the Cardinals in the third.
Mets 4, Diamondbacks 1
At Phoenix, Tom Glavine pitched into the ninth inning, and Jose Reyes and Victor Diaz homered to help New York beat Arizona.
Cliff Floyd drove in two runs for the Mets, who got another strong outing from Glavine in the opener of a seven-game road trip.
Glavine (10-10) matched his season high for innings pitched, but lost a chance at his first complete game since May 23 last year, and 54th of his career when he gave up a leadoff single to Royce Clayton in the ninth. He was replaced by Braden Looper, who finished for his 25th save in 30 chances.
Astros 6, Padres 2
At San Diego, Roy Oswalt threw six strong innings for his 15th win and Lance Berkman hit a two-run homer. Oswalt (15-10) and three relievers combined on a five-hitter for the Astros, who moved a half-game in front of Philadelphia and Florida in the wild-card race.
The Padres fell to 61-63 but lead the NL West by four games over Arizona. This is the latest a team has led a division with a losing record.
Giants 5, Phillies 0
At San Francisco, Noah Lowry pitched into the ninth inning to win his fourth straight start and Moises Alou hit a three-run homer.
Michael Tucker doubled and Ray Durham singled twice as the Giants won for the fifth time in eight games.
Lowry (10-11) allowed five hits with one walk and six strikeouts in 8 2-3 innings. He drove in a run with a sacrifice fly in the sixth. He left after allowing Bobby Abreu's infield single. Alou connected for his 14th homer of the season on the first pitch from Jon Lieber (12-11) in the third.
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