Derek Jeter tied a career high with five RBIs, CC Sabathia earned his 19th win and the New York Yankees polished off a three-game sweep of the Toronto Blue Jays with a 9-3 victory Sunday. Jeter, Alex Rodriguez and Nick Swisher all homered for the AL East leaders, while Sabathia struck out 10 in 7 1/3 innings to win his seventh consecutive start against Toronto. One big reason for that success: Sabathia has dominated his matchups with slugger Jose Bautista. The major league home run leader is 0 for 18 with eight strikeouts against the big lefty after going hitless in three tries Sunday. Bautista did hit a colossal homer off Rafael Soriano in the eighth, cutting it to 5-3 and joining Carlos Delgado (1999, 2000) as the only Blue Jays to sock 40 home runs in successive seasons. Rangers 11, Red Sox 4: The Texas Rangers capped a three-game series of lopsided results with a big win over the Boston Red Sox. The win cemented the Rangers' (80-61) lead in the American League West but left Boston 1 1/2 games behind New York in the AL East. Tigers 18, White Sox 2: The Detroit Tigers completed a three-game sweep with a humiliating 18-2 pounding of the Chicago White Sox Sunday to maintain their 6.5-game lead in the American League Central division. Rays 8, Orioles 1: Jeremy Hellickson threw a four-hitter, Reid Brignac had three RBIs and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Baltimore Orioles. Indians 9, Royals 6: Shelley Duncan had a career high five RBIs on a pair of homers into the gusting wind, Asdrubal Cabrera returned to the lineup to drive in two more runs and the Cleveland Indians held off the Kansas City Royals. Angels 4, Twins 1: Joel Pineiro posted his first victory in almost two months and Bobby Abreu homered, leading the Los Angeles Angels to a win over the Minnesota Twins in the rubber game of the weekend series. Athletics 8, Mariners 5: David DeJesus and Ryan Sweeney each drove in two runs, Hideki Matsui doubled three times and the Oakland Athletics completed a three-game sweep of the Seattle Mariners.
