CC Sabathia outpitched John Lackey and Ramiro Pena drove in two runs while subbing for injured Alex Rodriguez as the New York Yankees stopped their mini-slide by beating the Boston Red Sox 5-2 Saturday. Rodriguez was hit in the lower left leg by Lance Berkman's sharp grounder during batting practice, and medical personnel ran onto the field to check him. X-rays were negative and there was no indication when the All-Star third baseman would return to the lineup. Robinson Cano hit a go-ahead single in the fifth inning for the Yankees, who had kept the best record in the majors despite losing four of their previous five games. Sabathia (14-5) shook off an early homer by Victor Martinez and matched Tampa Bay's David Price for the AL wins lead. The big left-hander also earned his 150th career victory. Lackey (10-7) has won only once in his last seven starts. Blue Jays 17, Rays 11: At Toronto, the Blue Jays became the first team to hit eight homers in a game in three years, getting two apiece from Aaron Hill and J.P. Arencibia in a win over Tampa Bay. Jose Bautista, Adam Lind, Edwin Encarnacion and Lyle Overbay also connected for the Blue Jays, who lead the majors with 175 homers. Bautista's shot was his major league-best 34th of the season. It was the most homers in a game for the Blue Jays since they hit a major league-record 10 against Baltimore on Sept. 14, 1987. The New York Yankees were the last team to hit at least eight homers in a single game, according to STATS LLC, going deep eight times in a 16-3 victory over the Chicago White Sox on July 31, 2007, at Yankee Stadium. James Shields (10-10) became just the eighth pitcher in the modern era to surrender six homers in a game. Tampa Bay has lost a season-high four straight. Arencibia homered on the first pitch of his first major league at-bat, a two-run shot to left in the second. He added another first-pitch homer in the sixth, a solo drive to right off Dale Thayer, and finished with four hits. White Sox 4, Orioles 2: At Baltimore, Gavin Floyd allowed two runs in seven innings as Chicago ended Buck Showalter's unbeaten run as manager of Baltimore. Athletics 6, Rangers 2: At Oakland, California, Coco Crisp homered, hit two sacrifice flies and scored twice to back 10-game winner Gio Gonzalez and Oakland to the victory over Texas. Angels 10, Tigers 1: At Detroit, Scott Kazmir allowed one unearned run in five innings in his return from the disabled list as Los Angeles routed slumping Detroit. The Tigers have lost four straight and seven of eight. Twins 7, Indians 2: At Cleveland, Carl Pavano pitched seven innings to beat his former team and Joe Mauer had four hits as Minnesota defeated Cleveland. Royals 2, Mariners 1: At Seattle, Bruce Chen scattered three hits over seven innings as Kansas City held off Seattle.
