NEW YORK — Russell Martin homered in the 10th inning against Sean Doolittle, and the AL East-leading New York Yankees beat the Oakland Athletics 2-1 Friday for their sixth straight win. Brandon Moss hit a towering drive to right off Rafael Soriano with one out in the ninth to spoil a dominant three-hit outing by Yankees ace CC Sabathia, stunning the boisterous crowd of 40,759. It was Soriano's fourth blown save in 46 chances. New York maintained its one-game lead over second-place Baltimore, which won 4-2 at Boston. The A's, losers of four of five, dropped one game behind the Orioles for the top spot in the wild-card standings. Angels 6, White Sox 2: Ervin Santana struck out 11 while pitching seven innings of two-hit ball and the Angels gained ground in the playoff race. Mike Trout and Kendrys Morales homered for Los Angeles, which pulled within 3½ games of Oakland for the second AL wild card. Chicago's lead in the AL Central was trimmed to 1½ games over second-place Detroit, which had its series opener against Minnesota postponed by rain. Orioles 4, Red Sox 2: Matt Wieters drove in three runs, Miguel Gonzalez pitched 6 1-3 solid innings and the Orioles remained one game behind the Yankees in the AL East. The Orioles also moved one game ahead of Oakland for the top wild-card spot. Jon Lester (9-13) lost for the first time in his 21 career starts against Baltimore. He had been 14-0, the longest winning streak against the Orioles franchise for a pitcher at the start of his career since at least 1901. Rays 12, Blue Jays 1: James Shields pitched seven shutout innings and Tampa Bay's suddenly potent offense scored runs in bunches to help the Rays continue an uphill battle to remain in playoff contention. Ben Zobrist and Jose Molina homered in support of Shields (15-9), who limited the Blue Jays to six singles and struck out nine to reach 200 for the second straight year. He fanned J.P. Arencibia leading off the second inning, giving the Rays the American League single-season record for strikeouts. Luke Scott drove in four runs with a pair of doubles for the Rays, who moved within 4½ games of Oakland for the second AL wild card. Mariners 6, Rangers 3: Miguel Olivo hit a two-run homer in the eighth inning to help Seattle stop a four-game slide. Justin Smoak had three hits and scored two runs for the Mariners, who had dropped six of seven overall. Carlos Triunfel hit a tiebreaking RBI double in the fourth and eventually came around to score on an error by third baseman Michael Young. David Murphy had three hits and drove in three runs for Texas, which remained four games ahead of Oakland in the AL West. Royals 6, Indians 3: Luis Mendoza pitched into the seventh inning in his first start since a bout with strep throat, leading Kansas City to the victory. Mike Moustakas and Brayan Pena each drove in two runs for the Royals, who have won three straight and four of six. Mendoza wiggled out of a bases-loaded jam in the first and allowed two runs and eight hits in six-plus innings. The Indians have lost 40 of 52 games since July 26 when they were 50-49 and trailed AL Central-leading Chicago White Sox by 3½ games. They have lost six straight against Kansas City and eight of nine overall in the season series. — Agencies
