American LeagueMariano Rivera earned his 400th save, escaping two jams and getting six outs to preserve the New York Yankees' 6-4 victory over the Chicago White Sox on Sunday.
Alex Rodriguez hit a two-run homer, and Derek Jeter connected for the first time in two months, giving New York an early lead against Freddy Garcia (10-6).
Jaret Wright (6-5) got into the sixth inning and sent the Yankees to their first series sweep of the White Sox since May 2002.
Rivera became the fourth major league pitcher to reach 400 saves. He has 21 this season.
The World Series champion White Sox have dropped five of six to the Boston Red Sox and Yankees.
Twins 5, Indians 2
At Minneapolis, Carlos Silva threw six smooth innings, Rondell White hit his first home run of the season in his first game back from the disabled list, and Minnesota defeated Cleveland.
Luis Castillo and Michael Cuddyer also homered and Jason Tyner drove in two runs for the Twins, who won the last three of the four-game series. Tyner has five RBIs and six hits in 12 at-bats since being called up.
Orioles 4, Rangers 0
At Baltimore, Miguel Tejada and Nick Markakis homered, Melvin Mora had three hits, and Rodrigo Lopez led a strong pitching performance that carried Baltimore past suddenly punchless Texas.
Lopez (6-10) gave up five hits and a walk in 5 2-3 innings to earn his first win in four starts since June 23. Texas has gone 23 straight innings without scoring an earned run.
Royals 9, Tigers 6
At Detroit, Joey Gathright drove in four runs, Scott Elarton pitched six effective innings and Kansas City beat Detroit for the first time this season.
Emil Brown also drove in two runs for Kansas City, which had lost 11 straight games against Detroit this year. The Tigers' 10-game home winning streak was also snapped.
Marcus Thames homered twice and drove in five runs, and Carlos Guillen hit a home run for the Tigers, who own Major League Baseball's best record at 62-30.
Blue Jays 4, Mariners 3, 11 innings
At Toronto, Frank Catalanotto singled in the winning run in the 11th inning to lift Toronto over Seattle.
Toronto, which also beat Seattle in 14 innings on Saturday, improved to 5-0 in extra innings this season despite a rare blown save by closer B.J. Ryan.
The winning rally came against George Sherrill (2-2). Scott Downs (4-0) pitched two innings for the victory.
Athletics 8, Red Sox 1
At Boston, Joe Blanton held Boston to five hits in seven innings and Mark Kotsay went 4-for-5 with three RBIs to lead Oakland over Boston.
The A's took three of four from Boston.
Blanton (9-8) allowed just Alex Gonzalez's solo homer in the fifth.
Kyle Snyder (1-1), making his second start for Boston since being claimed on waivers last month, cruised through four shutout innings but couldn't make it out of the fifth -- allowing five runs and eight hits.
National League
AP, CINCINNATI
Rich Aurilia's pinch-hit, bases-loaded single in the bottom of the eighth inning rallied the Cincinnati Reds over Colorado 6-4 on Sunday and a four-game sweep of the fading Rockies.
Aurilia's two-run single off Jose Mesa (0-3) sparked the Reds' second straight late comeback against Colorado's rickety bullpen, the Rockies' main problem during their recent slide.
They have lost a season-high seven straight. Colorado hadn't been swept in a four-game series in Cincinnati since 1993. The Rockies are 2-11 in four seasons at Great American Ball Park, where they've lost nine in a row.
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