Roy Halladay beat the Yankees for the third straight time, Marco Scutaro hit a three-run homer, and Toronto handed New York its worst loss of the season, 14-3 in the American League on Thursday.
New York’s previous worst loss was 12-2 at home to Baltimore on May 20.
Halladay (15-9) improved to 13-5 in 30 career games against the Yankees, allowing three runs and five hits in seven innings. He walked two and matched a season high with nine strikeouts.
Joe Inglett had a career-high four hits and Scutaro matched career highs with four hits and four RBIs as Toronto had 21 hits.
Alex Rios, Adam Lind both had three hits for the Blue Jays, and Rios and Matt Stairs drove in three runs each.
Sidney Ponson (7-4) allowed seven runs and eight hits in two-plus innings.
Indians 10, Royals 3
At Cleveland, Cliff Lee won his AL-leading 18th game and Grady Sizemore had a career-high seven RBIs to give Cleveland a commanding win over Kansas City.
Lee (18-2), who won his seventh straight decision, allowed three runs — two earned — and six hits in seven innings. The left-hander struck out seven and induced four double plays. Lee leads the league in winning percentage (.900) and ERA (2.43).
Sizemore had a three-run triple in the second, a run-scoring single in the sixth and a three-run homer in the eighth.
Choo Shin-soo hit a two-run homer in the third and Jhonny Peralta hit a solo home run in the seventh for Cleveland.
In other American League action on Thursday it was:
• Twins 2, Angels 1, 12 innings
• Athletics 2, Mariners 0
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Carlos Delgado tied his career high with five hits, the last a run-scoring single in the bottom of the ninth that gave the New York Mets a 5-4 victory over the Atlanta Braves in the National League on Thursday.
David Wright hit a one-out double off Vladimir Nunez (0-1), and Carlos Beltran was intentionally walked before Delgado hit a sharp liner to left. Omar Infante slipped as he tried to track down the drive, and the ball glanced off his glove.
Wright, who briefly stopped before third when he thought Infante might catch it, scored easily as the Mets poured out of the dugout.
Wright had three hits, including his 25th homer, for New York.
Luis Ayala (2-8) pitched 1 1-3 shutout innings.
Yunel Escobar homered and Brian McCann hit a two-run double for Atlanta.
Nationals 4, Phillies 3
At Philadelphia, Austin Kearns hit a tiebreaking RBI single in the eighth and Washington edged Philadelphia to snap a 12-game losing streak.
The Phillies blew an eighth-inning lead for the third time in nine days.
Ryan Madson (3-2) couldn’t protect a one-run lead after Carlos Ruiz put Philadelphia ahead with a solo homer in the seventh.
Jesus Flores’ RBI single in the eighth tied it at 3 and Kearns lined his single to give the Nationals the lead and their first victory since a sweep of Colorado on Aug. 7.
Saul Rivera (4-5) allowed two runs in one inning, but earned the win. Joel Hanrahan pitched two innings for his fourth save.
Cubs 3, Reds 2
At Chicago, Carlos Zambrano earned his 13th victory on the fourth try and homered to lift Chicago over Cincinnati.
Zambrano (13-5) allowed a run and six hits in seven innings, including a solo homer by Jay Bruce in the sixth.
In other National League action on Thursday it was:
• Dodgers 3, Rockies 1
• Giants 4, Marlins 3
• Diamondbacks 4, Padres 1
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