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AL Capsules

By The Associated Press

Published: Saturday, September 26, 2009 12:09 AM CDT

NEW YORK (AP) -- Jon Lester was knocked out by a line drive near his right knee, and Joba Chamberlain led New York Yankees over the Boston Red Sox 9-5 Friday night for his first win in 1 1/2 months.

Alex Rodriguez homered, drove in four runs and tied a career high with three steals as the Yankees lowered to three the magic number for their first AL East title since 2006.

New York has won seven of eight against Boston after starting the season 0-8 against the Red Sox.

Lester (14-8) crumpled to the mound in pain when struck by Melky Cabrera's liner in the third inning. His head back and eyes closed, Lester was looked over by trainers from both teams. After about 2 minutes, Lester hobbled off the field with assistance.

Chamberlain (9-6) retired his first 11 batters before Victor Martinez homered, and allowed three runs and five hits in six innings.

Blue Jays 5, Mariners 0

TORONTO (AP) -- Roy Halladay struck out nine in a seven-hitter, Aaron Hill hit a two-run homer and Toronto beat Seattle.

Halladay (16-10) turned in a gem in what could be his final home start with the Blue Jays, tying Kansas City's Zack Greinke for the major league lead with his third shutout. He got a standing ovation from the crowd of 20,668 when he took the mound for the ninth, then tipped his cap as he walked off to even louder cheers after it was done.

Halladay threw 114 pitches, 81 for strikes, and lowered his ERA to 2.90, third best in the AL behind Greinke and Seattle's Felix Hernandez.

Seattle rookie Doug Fister (2-4) held the Blue Jays hitless until Edwin Encarnacion's one-out single in the fifth.

Indians 4, Orioles 2

CLEVELAND (AP) -- Fausto Carmona pitched six strong innings and Cleveland ended its 11-game losing streak with a 4-2 victory over the Baltimore Orioles on Friday night.

The Indians improved to 4-19 in September and avoided tying the franchise record of 12 straight losses set in 1931. Luis Valbuena homered to open the fifth and key a three-run inning against David Hernandez (4-9).

Carmona (4-12) allowed two runs and nine hits with six strikeouts and one walk to win for the first time since Aug. 23. Kerry Wood pitched a perfect ninth for his 20th save in 25 appearances.

The Orioles have lost eight consecutive games -- their longest skid since a 10-game streak Sept. 17-26, 2008 -- and center fielder Felix Pie went down in the seventh inning with an injury to his upper left leg.

White Sox 2, Tigers 0

CHICAGO (AP) -- Jake Peavy pitched seven innings and Gordon Beckham homered to break up Eddie Bonine's no-hit bid as the White Sox slowed Detroit's chase of the AL Central title.

The Tigers began play three games ahead of the second-place Minnesota, which played at Kansas City. Detroit and Minnesota meet in a four-game series beginning Monday at Comerica Park.

In his second start with Chicago since being acquired from San Diego on July 31, Peavy (2-0) allowed six hits with two walks and eight strikeouts.

Matt Thornton worked the ninth for his second save.

Bonine (0-1) didn't allow a hit until Beckham's two-run homer with two outs in the sixth.

Rangers 8, Rays 3

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) -- Ian Kinsler homered to become a 30-30 player for the first time, Julio Borbon had three hits and Texas clung to its slim playoff hopes.

Kinsler is the third second baseman in major league history with 30 homers and 30 stolen bases in a season. Alfonso Soriano, who has done it three times, and Brandon Phillips are the others.

Rangers rookie Derek Holland (8-12) gave up three runs over five innings to snap a five-game losing streak.

Tampa Bay starter James Shields (10-12) allowed five runs and seven hits in seven innings. The right-hander struck out seven.

Twins 9, Royals 4

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Michael Cuddyer hit his 30th home run and walked with the bases loaded and Minnesota moved within two games of first-place Detroit in the AL Central.

Billy Butler had four hits and drove in all the Royals' runs with two home runs, his third multihomer game of the season.

The Twins sent 10 men to the plate and scored four runs in the fifth, but had just one hit, Orlando Cabrera's run-scoring single. Joe Mauer, Jason Kubel and Cuddyer all walked with the bases loaded.

Carl Pavano (13-11) gave up four runs and eight hits in six innings for the victory.

Robinson Tejeda (4-2) walked seven in 3 1-3 innings to take the loss. He gave up just two hits, but was charged with six runs.


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