BLUE JAYS 3, TWINS 2
At Toronto, Brett Cecil won his final start of the season for Toronto, allowing two runs and seven hits in six innings. Toronto is stopping his season after he pitched a combined 142-and-one-third innings in the majors and at Triple-A.
Minnesota went 1 for 9 with runners in scoring position and are averaging just 3.2 runs during their past 10 games. Joe Mauer went 0 for 4, dropping his major league-leading average to .363.
One night after the teams drew 11,159, the smallest crowd in the 20-year history of Rogers Center, attendance was 11,461, the second-lowest this season.
ANGELS 3, MARINERS 0
At Anaheim, California, John Lackey pitched a five-hitter for his first complete game of the season and Torii Hunter broke a scoreless tie with a two-run homer as the Los Angeles Angels moved to a season-best 29 games over .500.
Lackey (10-7) struck out seven and walked one to help the Angels increase their AL West lead to five games over idle Texas. The right-hander has allowed one earned run in 26 innings over his last three starts.
Mariners outfielder Ichiro Suzuki was 0 for 4 and still needs four hits to reach the 200 mark for the ninth consecutive season, which would break the major league mark he shares with Wee Willie Keeler (1894 to 1901).
RSS