Colby Lewis and four relievers combined on a five-hitter and the Texas Rangers beat the Oakland Athletics 7-1 Saturday. Ian Kinsler had two hits and three RBIs for Texas, which increased its AL West lead to three games over the Los Angeles Angels. Mike Napoli and Elvis Andrus hit run-scoring doubles off A's starter Trevor Cahill as the Rangers (68-52) moved a season-best 16 games over .500 with their seventh consecutive victory over Oakland. Jemile Weeks singled, doubled and tripled for Oakland, which committed four errors, had two wild pitches and lost for the seventh time in 11 games. Blue Jays 11, Angels 2: Adam Lind hit a grand slam, Edwin Encarnacion and Mark Teahen also went deep and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Los Angeles Angels. All three homers came off Angels ace Jered Weaver, who allowed eight runs and eight hits, both season highs, in 4 2/3 innings, his shortest outing of the year. The right-hander, who had won eight of his previous nine decisions, saw his AL-leading ERA rise from 1.78 to 2.13. Yankees 9, Rays 2: Jorge Posada hit a grand slam and drove in six runs in his first game since being benched six days ago, and Phil Hughes made his case to remain in the New York Yankees' rotation with six effective innings in a victory that ended the Tampa Bay Rays' five-game winning streak. In other games it was: Indians 3, Twins 1; Tigers 6, Orioles 5. National League In Milwaukee, Marco Estrada pitched five innings in a spot start, combining with four relievers on a three-hitter, and Yuniesky Betancourt homered to carry the NL Central-leading Milwaukee Brewers to a 1-0 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates Saturday. Takashi Saito, LaTroy Hawkins, Francisco Rodriguez and John Axford, who earned his 34th save by working around a lead off triple in the ninth, completed the shutout. Estrada (3-8) took the mound for Chris Narveson, who was placed on the disabled list with a cut thumb on his throwing hand. Kevin Correia (12-11), who leads the majors with 10 wins on the road this season for Pittsburgh, lost for the second time this season at Miller Park. Phillies 11, Nationals 3: Ryan Howard homered and drove in four runs and Roy Oswalt pitched seven solid innings to lead the Philadelphia Phillies to a victory over the mistake-prone Washington Nationals. Elsewhere it was: Giants 3, Marlins 0; Reds 13, Padres 1; Rockies 6, Cardinals 1; Diamondbacks 6, Mets 4.
