TORONTO (AP) - Mariano Rivera tied the major league saves record, earning the 601st of his career and matching Trevor Hoffman while preserving the New York Yankees' 7-6 win over the Toronto Blue Jays on Saturday.
The 41-year-old Rivera was perfect in pitching the ninth inning for his 42nd save of the season.
Rivera struck out Colby Rasmus looking to start the ninth, then retired Brett Lawrie on a broken-bat grounder to first. While some in the crowd of 39,288 headed for the exits, most stayed to watch as Rivera got Eric Thames on a routine fly to center.
Rivera, now in his 17th season in the big leagues, also has 42 saves in postseason play.
Curtis Granderson hit his 40th homer, a go-ahead shot in the seventh to cap a 12 pitch at-bat. He fouled off seven straight pitches before homering.
Alex Rodriguez also homered for the Yankees, who trailed 6-1 in the sixth.
Aaron Laffey (3-2) got the win. Carlos Villanueva (6-4) took the loss.
Rays 4, Red Sox 3
BOSTON (AP) - Ben Zobrist hit a two-run homer off Jon Lester to lead the Tampa Bay Rays over the Red Sox and trim Boston's lead in the AL wild-card race to three games.
Jeff Niemann (11-7) pitched five solid innings for Tampa Bay, which has won seven of its last eight against Boston. The Red Sox have lost 10 of their last 13 games since Sept. 3, when they led the wild-card race by nine games.
Joel Peralta pitched the ninth for his fourth save.
Lester (15-8) went just four innings against Tampa Bay last Sunday, giving up four runs but throwing 111 pitches to lose for the first time in six starts. He was better this time, allowing four runs on five hits and four walks and striking out five in seven innings.
Athletics 5, Tigers 3
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) - Gio Gonzalez pitched seven innings for his 14th win and Oakland turned three double plays in the first five innings and the Athletics beat the AL Central champion Detroit Tigers.
The A's won for only the second time in five games, both coming in this series with the Tigers.
Magglio Ordonez had three hits and scored the only run for Detroit, which clinched the division the previous night.
Gonzalez (14-12) beat Detroit for the first time in five career starts.
Rick Porcello (14-9) allowed three runs over seven innings.
Indians 10, Twins 4
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Carlos Santana hit his 25th home run and Jeanmar Gomez pitched effectively into the seventh inning as the Cleveland Indians sent the Minnesota Twins to their seventh straight loss.
Gomez (4-2) won his fourth straight start since being recalled from Triple-A Columbus on Aug. 30. He tweaked his right knee trying to make a play and left.
Anthony Swarzak (3-7) took the loss. Chris Parmelee had three RBIs and three hits, including a two-run homer for the Twins.