Saturday’s American League Capsules

BALTIMORE(AP) —CC Sabathia(notes) became a 20-game winner for the first time in his stellar career, pitching the New York Yankees past the Baltimore Orioles 11-3 Saturday night.
Sabathia (20-6) leads the majors in victories. He twice finished seasons with 19 wins, and succeeded this year in his third try at No. 20.
Sabathia already had a Cy Young Award, a World Series championship and several All-Star selections to his credit over 10 seasons. Winning 20 games was about the only thing missing on his pitching resume.
The big lefty allowed three runs on seven hits over seven innings for the AL East leaders. Sabathia, denied the milestone nfl jerseys
win in a home loss to the Orioles on Sept. 7, walked one and struck out four, improving to 14-2 all-time against Baltimore.
Robinson Cano(notes) and Curtis Granderson(notes) homered for the Yankees. Cano’s two-run shot put the second baseman at 101 RBIs. That gave the Yankees three infielders with 100 or more RBIs in a single season for the first time in franchise history - first baseman Mark Teixeira(notes) and third baseman Alex Rodriguez(notes) previously reached the mark.
Jeremy Guthrie(notes) (10-14) took the loss.
Rays 4, Angels 3, 10 innings=
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) - Carlos Pena(notes) hit a tying single with two outs in the ninth inning for Tampa Bay, then shortstop Brandon Wood’s(notes) throwing error with two outs in the 10th lifted the Rays over the Los Angeles Angels.
The Rays stayed one-half game behind New York in the AL East, and continued to hold a sizable lead over Boston in the wild-card race.
Reid Brignac(notes) opened the Rays 10th with a double off Bobby Cassevah(notes) (0-2), and pinch-runner Jason Bartlett(notes) went on third on John Jaso’s(notes) grounder.
Slumping Ben Zobrist(notes) walked, Carl Crawford(notes) popped out and Evan Longoria(notes) was intentionally walked to load the bases. Willy Aybar(notes) hit a grounder on a full-count pitch up the middle that Wood fielded, but he made a wild throw.
Rafael Soriano(notes) (3-2) threw a perfect 10th.
Blue Jays 4, Red Sox 3=
BOSTON (AP) - Jose Batista hit his major league-leading 49th homer, extending his own club record set one night earlier, and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Boston Red Sox.
Batista’s homer in the first inning sailed over the Green Monster seats and into a parking lot across the street. The Blue Jays’ slugger established the franchise home run record in Friday’s win. George Bell held the previous mark with 47, set in 1987.
Ricky Romero(notes) (13-9) pitched six innings for the win. Kevin Gregg(notes) got three outs for his 33rd save.
Josh Beckett(notes) (5-5) gave up three earned runs and 10 hits in seven innings.
Twins 4, Athletics 2=
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Rookie Danny Valencia(notes) hit a tiebreaking three-run homer in the sixth inning, sending Kevin Slowey(notes) and the AL Central-leading Minnesota Twins over the Oakland Athletics.
The Twins’ magic number for clinching the division is five. They lead Chicago by 10 games.
Slowey (13-6) set a career high for wins, giving up two runs and five hits in Chargers jersey
6 2-3 innings. Matt Capps(notes) earned his 40th save and 13th in 15 chances since coming to Minnesota.
Landon Powell(notes) homered and doubled for Oakland. Rookie Chris Carter kept struggling, going 0 for 2 with a pair of strikeouts - he is 0 for 29 with 13 whiffs since making his major league debut this season.
Dallas Braden(notes) (9-13) went six innings, allowing four runs on eight hits and four walks.
Tigers 6, White Sox 3=
CHICAGO (AP) - Pinch-hitter Scott Sizemore(notes) connected for a three-run homer in the eighth inning, lifting Justin Verlander(notes) and the Detroit Tigers over the Chicago White Sox.
Chicago lost its fifth in a row.
Verlander (17-8) pitched a six-hitter and struck out eight. He struggled in only one inning, giving up three runs in the fifth.
Sizemore, batting for starting second baseman Will Rhymes(notes), hit a tiebreaking home run with two outs. Reliever Sergio Santos(notes) (2-1) gave up two singles in the eighth before Sizemore homered off Chris Sale(notes).
Rangers 6, Mariners 1=
SEATTLE(AP) - Cliff Lee(notes) shut down his former teammates for eight innings in his first start in Seattle since a July trade.
Lee (12-8) allowed six hits and struck out eight for his second consecutive win after three losses and a no decision. Lee improved to 4-5 with the Rangers as they close in on their first postseason berth since 1999.
Bengie Molina(notes) had three hits and two RBIs and Jeff Francoeur(notes) hit a two-run double to lead the AL West-leading Rangers.
Seattle’s Franklin Gutierrez(notes) hit a solo homer in the seventh.
Jason Vargas(notes) (9-11) lost his sixth straight.
Indians 6 Royals 4=
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - Matt LaPorta’s(notes) first career grand slam powered Cleveland past the Royals on a long, stormy night that included four rain delays totaling 3 hours and 40 minutes.
LaPorta’s grand slam off Sean O’Sullivan(notes) (2-6) gave Bears jersey
Cleveland a 5-0 lead in the fourth. Then Jai Miller(notes) and Mike Aviles(notes) hit two-run homers for Kansas City in the fifth off Justin Germano(notes).
The rain delay in the top of the fourth lasted only 2 minutes. The stoppage after the sixth was 1 hour, 39 minutes.