Dodgers 6, Reds 5, 16 innings
At Los Angeles, Ramon Martinez homered leading off the 16th inning, Jeff Kent went 4-for-7 with a home run and Los Angeles knocked Cincinnati out of the NL wild-card lead.
It's the first time since June 13 that the Reds don't have at least a share of the lead in the wild-card race, which San Diego leads by a half-game over Cincinnati and Philadelphia. The Reds remain 3.5 games behind first-place St. Louis in the NL Central.
American League
C.C. Sabathia pitched his major league-leading fifth complete game and Travis Hafner hit his 40th homer, helping the Cleveland Indians beat the Toronto Blue Jays 5-2 on Tuesday.
Sabathia (10-8) allowed two runs and four hits as he worked at least seven innings for the 10th time in 11 starts since July 7. The left-hander struck out six without a walk to earn consecutive victories for the first time since winning three in a row from May 19-30.
Royals 2, Twins 0
At Minneapolis, Mark Redman threw a five-hitter to win for the first time in seven starts and John Buck hit an RBI double to lead Kansas City past Minnesota.
Rangers 9, Orioles 4
At Arlington, Texas, Kevin Millwood allowed eight hits in his second complete game of the season and Mark Teixeira hit a tiebreaking homer, leading Texas over Baltimore.
White Sox 12, Devil Rays 9
At Chicago, Jermaine Dye homered and drove in four runs, and Joe Crede tied a career-high with four hits to lead Chicago over Tampa Bay.
Crede also drove in two runs to help the White Sox move one-half game ahead of Minnesota in the AL wild-card race.
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