Willy Aybar and Shawn Riggans hit three-run homers for the Tampa Bay Rays to set a franchise record with their 71st win in an 11-3 rout of the Seattle Mariners in the American League on Sunday. Tampa Bay's previous best record came in 2004 when it finished the season 70-92. After taking three of four in Seattle, the Rays are 71-46 and own a 4-1/2-game lead over Boston in the AL East, their largest advantage since July 6. And on the day the Rays learned they'll be without outfield star Carl Crawford for at least two weeks, and possibly longer, it was again everyone in Tampa Bay's lineup chipping in. No. 8 hitter Aybar had two home runs for the first multi-homer game of his career. No. 9 Riggans came through with two outs in the fifth, hitting a pitch by R.A. Dickey (3-7) over the hand-operated scoreboard in left for his fifth homer of the season. Edwin Jackson won his fourth straight start, scattering seven hits and a run over seven strong innings, striking out two. Jackson (9-7) allowed only Jose Lopez's solo homer leading off the second. Angels 4, Yankees 3: At Anaheim, California, Chone Figgins hit a RBI single with one out in the ninth inning against Yankees closer Mariano Rivera, and Los Angeles completed a three-game sweep of New York. Howie Kendrick led off the ninth with a single against Damaso Marte (0-2). After Gary Matthews Jr. struck out, Marte walked Mike Napoli and Figgins grounded Rivera's first pitch into right field to end it. Rivera has allowed seven earned runs and 19 hits in 21 1-3 innings during his 19 non-save situations. When a save is in sight, he has given up just one earned run and 13 hits in 30 1-3 innings, converting all 28 opportunities. White Sox 6, Red Sox 5: At Chicago, Carlos Quentin hit his AL-leading 32nd homer, Jim Thome and Jermaine Dye connected, and Chicago beat Boston. Gavin Floyd (12-6) got the win even though he struggled at times, allowing five runs and seven hits while striking out six in 5 1-3 innings. Octavio Dotel helped preserve the win. He came in with Chicago clinging to a 6-5 lead with one out in the seventh after Matt Thornton walked the bases loaded. Dotel got a double-play grounder from Mike Lowell to end the threat and retired the side in the eighth. Indians 4, Blue Jays 0: At Toronto, Cliff Lee worked eight shutout innings for his AL-leading 16th win and Cleveland completed a three-game sweep of Toronto. Tigers 6, Athletics 1: At Detroit, Nate Robertson won for the first time in more than six weeks, allowing five hits pitching into the eighth inning to lift Detroit over Oakland. Rangers 15, Orioles 7: At Baltimore, Ian Kinsler broke out of an extended slump with a career-high five hits, including a homer, and Texas emphatically ended its own offensive drought. Royals 5, Twins 4, 12 innings: At Kansas City, Missouri, Tony Pena Jr. broke out of a slump at just the right time, driving in Mark Teahen with the winning run for Kansas City. The Royals snapped a four
