Willy Aybar hit a two-run single to cap a three-run eighth as the Rays rallied to beat the Angels 4-2 for their ninth win in 11 games. The Rays, now with the AL’s best record, are 6-2 against the Angels.
The Marlins’ Ricky Nolasco threw a two-hitter for his first career shutout and added a two-run double in a 6-0 win over the Giants. Nolasco’s complete game was the first by a Marlin since Sept. 16, 2006.
The Blue Jays’ A.J. Burnett mowed down the Yankees, striking out 13 over eight innings in a 2-1 victory. Burnett threw 120 pitches (78 for strikes), scattering five hits to earn his sixth straight win, while …
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… The Yankees lost for the ninth time in 14 games. Jason Giambi had four strikeouts and center fielder Johnny Damon let two balls glance off his glove, including Marco Scutaro’s go-ahead double in the eighth.
Ben Sheets gave up five runs on five hits in six innings in the Brewers’ 5-2 loss to the Astros. It was just the fourth time in 25 starts this season that Sheets has yielded five or more runs.
Ex-Cub Sean Gallagher was ripped for 10 runs on 11 hits in five innings as the A’s lost 13-2 to the Twins. Gallagher’s winless streak stretched to six starts. He hasn’t pitched more than 5 1/3 innings in any of them.
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EDITED BY MIKE PANKOW AND DANIEL ELLMAN
