Big hitters carry Blue Jays

NEW YORK - J.P. Arencibia drilled a three-run double in a five-run sixth inning, and Jose Bautista homered to help spot starter Carlos Villanueva and the Toronto Blue Jays to a 7-3 victory over the New York Yankees on Monday night.

Starting in place of injured Jesse Litsch, Villanueva (2-0) limited the Yankees to two hits and a run in five innings. With a looping curveball, he struck out the side to open his first start since Oct. 3, 2009, for Milwaukee.

Arencibia added an RBI single in the eighth, and Bautista didn't disappoint in his matchup with Curtis Granderson as the top two home run hitters in baseball. Bautista crushed a pitch from Bartolo Colon (2-3) in his first at-bat, sending a line drive over the 399-foot marker in left-center for his 19th of the season.

Bautista was intentionally walked and scored in the sixth and reached base three times in five appearances.

Granderson went 0 for 2 with three walks and two runs scored. New York failed to homer at Yankee Stadium for the sixth time in 28 games this season. Robinson Cano drove in three runs.

Colon gave up three hits in the first, matching his total from an eight-inning appearance against Baltimore on Wednesday. Colon then allowed nothing more than an infield single until Corey Patterson led off the sixth with a double. The burly right-hander struck out six of his eight batters in that stretch.

Intentional walks to Bautista and Juan Rivera around a sacrifice in the sixth appeared to take Colon out of his rhythm. He gave up an RBI single to Aaron Hill and walked Eric Thames on four pitches for another run before Arencibia, the Pacific Coast League MVP last year, cleared the bases with a double to make it 6-1.

Villanueva, who had a 1.48 ERA in 13 relief appearances coming in, breezed through the New York lineup the first time through, retiring eight of nine.

He walked Granderson leading off the fourth and paid for it. Mark Teixeira singled to right-center, advancing the runner to third base. After Alex Rodriguez struck out, Cano hit a sacrifice fly to tie it at 1.

Villanueva struck out five and walked one. He threw a season-high 75 pitches, six more than his next-best effort.

Blue Jays 7, Yankees 3

Toronto 100 005 010 – 7 9 2

New York 000 101 010 – 3 6 0

Toronto AB   R   H   BI   BB   SO   Avg.   

 R.Davis cf 5   0   1   0   0   0   .250

C.Patterson lf 5   1   1   0   0   1   .268

Bautista rf 3   2   1   1   2   0   .353

Y.Escobar ss 3   0   1   0   0   0   .284

J.Rivera 1b 3   1   1   0   1   0   .228

A.Hill 2b 4   2   2   1   0   1   .250

E.Thames dh 3   1   0   1   1   1   .250

Arencibia c 4   0   2   4   0   2   .252

Encarnacion 3b 3   0   0   0   0   3   .239

Jo.McDonald 3b 1   0   0   0   0   0   .202

Totals 34   7   9   7   4   8   

New York AB   R   H   BI   BB   SO   Avg.   

 Jeter ss 5   0   0   0   0   2   .261

Granderson cf 2   3   0   0   3   2   .260

Teixeira 1b 4   0   1   0   0   2   .249

Al.Rodriguez 3b 4   0   2   0   0   1   .289

Cano 2b 3   0   1   3   0   0   .274

Martin c 4   0   0   0   0   0   .263

Posada dh 4   0   0   0   0   0   .176

Gardner lf 4   0   2   0   0   1   .274

Dickerson rf 4   0   0   0   0   2   .333

Totals 34   3   6   3   3   10   

 E: Encarnacion (11), Y.Escobar (4). LOB: Toronto 5, New York 8. 2B: C.Patterson (12), A.Hill (10), Arencibia (7), Gardner (5). HR: Bautista (19), off Colon. RBIs: Bautista (32), A.Hill (17), E.Thames (3), Arencibia 4 (23), Cano 3 (31). SB: Granderson (5), Gardner 2 (8). CS: R.Davis (5). S: Y.Escobar. SF: Cano. RLSP: Toronto 2 (A.Hill, R.Davis); New York 5 (Jeter 2, Posada 2, Granderson). RA: E.Thames, Dickerson.

Toronto IP   H   R   ER   BB   SO   NP   ERA   

 Villanueva (W 2-0) 5   2   1   1   1   5   75   1.53

Frasor 1   1   1   1   1   0   23   1.83

Rauch 11/3   1   1   1   1   3   29   4.19

L.Perez 2/3   1   0   0   0   0   5   7.36

F.Francisco 1   1   0   0   0   2   20   5.11

New York IP   H   R   ER   BB   SO   NP   ERA   

 Colon (L 2-3) 6   7   6   6   4   8   102   3.77

Noesi 3   2   1   1   0   0   35   1.29

IR-S: L.Perez 2-1. IBB: off Colon (Bautista, J.Rivera). Umpires: Home, Scott Barry; first, John Hirschbeck; second, Wally Bell; third, Laz Diaz.

T: 3:00. A: 41,946 (50,291).

Rangers 4, White Sox 0

ARLINGTON, Texas - Josh Hamilton and Nelson Cruz both homered in their return to the lineup, and Alexi Ogando threw a five-hitter for his first career shutout as Texas beat Chicago.

Hamilton, the reigning AL MVP, got his first homer of the season when he pulled a liner over the right-field wall in the first off John Danks (0-7), who also threw a complete game. Hamilton added a double in the eighth.

Cruz hit his eighth homer, a two-run shot in the sixth.

Ogando (5-0) struck out six and walked three.

Danks struck out three and walked two in his third career complete game.

It was the fifth shutout for the Rangers this season, and the sixth time Chicago was held without a run.

Danks, who was drafted ninth overall by Texas in 2003 and traded to Chicago three years later, had his third career complete game, his first this season. The lefthander again got no run support, with the White Sox scoring only four runs for him in his five road starts this season.

Chicago 000 000 000 – 0 5 0

Texas 100 002 01x – 4 9 1

Chicago AB   R   H   BI   BB   SO   Avg.   

Pierre lf 4   0   1   0   0   0   .261

Al.Ramirez ss 4   0   0   0   0   1   .282

A.Dunn dh 4   0   0   0   0   2   .189

Konerko 1b 3   0   1   0   1   1   .302

Quentin rf 3   0   0   0   1   1   .255

Pierzynski c 3   0   1   0   0   0   .263

Rios cf 3   0   0   0   0   1   .202

McPherson 3b 3   0   0   0   0   0   .182

Beckham 2b 2   0   2   0   1   0   .232

Totals 29   0   5   0   3   6   

Texas AB   R   H   BI   BB   SO   Avg.   

Kinsler 2b 4   0   2   0   0   0   .230

Andrus ss 3   0   0   0   1   0   .266

J.Hamilton dh 4   2   2   1   0   0   .349

Mi.Young 1b 4   0   3   0   0   0   .348

Gentry cf 0   0   0   0   0   0   .188

A.Beltre 3b 2   1   0   1   1   0   .257

N.Cruz lf-rf 4   1   1   2   0   2   .220

Dav.Murphy cf-lf 3   0   1   0   0   0   .243

Napoli c 3   0   0   0   0   1   .185

Moreland rf-1b 3   0   0   0   0   0   .270

Totals 30   4   9   4   2   3   

E: Kinsler (6). LOB: Chicago 5, Texas 5. 2B: Kinsler (14), J.Hamilton (4), Dav.Murphy (5). 3B: Mi.Young (3). HR: J.Hamilton (1), off Danks; N.Cruz (8), off Danks. RBIs: J.Hamilton (8), A.Beltre (38), N.Cruz 2 (20). CS: Mi.Young (1). SF: A.Beltre. RLSP: Chicago 1 (Pierre); Texas 4 (A.Beltre, Dav.Murphy, Andrus, Napoli). RA: A.Beltre. GIDP: Pierre, Al.Ramirez, Andrus. DP: Chicago 1 (Beckham, Al.Ramirez, Konerko); Texas 2 (Mi.Young, Andrus), (A.Beltre, Kinsler, Mi.Young).

Chicago IP   H   R   ER   BB   SO   NP   ERA   

Danks (L 0-7) 8   9   4   4   2   3   105   4.34

Texas IP   H   R   ER   BB   SO   NP   ERA   

Ogando (W 5-0) 9   5   0   0   3   6   115   1.81

Umpires: Home, Brian Runge; first, Tim McClelland; second, Marvin Hudson; third, Ted Barrett.

T: 2:05. A: 30,861 (49,170).

Indians 3, Red Sox 2

CLEVELAND - Asdrubal Cabrera's two-out, RBI double in the eighth inning - the latest big hit delivered by Cleveland's shortstop - rallied the Indians past Boston, who also lost second baseman Dustin Pedroia with a leg injury.

Cabrera, who went 5 for 5 with two homers and five RBIs on Sunday, drove his double off reliever Daniel Bard (1-4) to the wall in left field, scoring Michael Brantley and helping the Indians win their fourth straight and improve to 19-4 at home.

Cabrera also homered in the fourth, his third homer in two days.

Joe Smith (2-1) got one out in the eighth, and closer Chris Perez got Carl Crawford to bounce into a game-ending double play for his 13th save.

Boston 001 010 000 – 2 7 0

Cleveland 000 100 02x – 3 6 1

Boston AB   R   H   BI   BB   SO   Avg.   

Ellsbury cf 3   0   0   0   0   0   .290

Pedroia 2b 3   0   1   1   1   1   .246

1-Sutton pr-2b 0   0   0   0   0   0   ---

Ad.Gonzalez 1b 3   0   1   0   1   0   .342

Youkilis 3b 3   0   0   0   0   0   .275

Ortiz dh 4   0   1   0   0   0   .298

J.Drew rf 4   0   1   0   0   0   .240

Lowrie ss 4   0   1   0   0   1   .317

Crawford lf 4   2   2   1   0   0   .215

Saltalamacchia c 3   0   0   0   0   1   .229

Totals 31   2   7   2   2   3   

Cleveland AB   R   H   BI   BB   SO   Avg.   

Brantley cf 4   1   1   1   0   1   .294

A.Cabrera ss 4   1   3   2   0   0   .312

Choo rf 4   0   0   0   0   3   .244

T.Buck dh 3   0   0   0   0   0   .231

LaPorta 1b 3   0   0   0   0   1   .256

O.Cabrera 2b 3   0   0   0   0   0   .267

Hannahan 3b 2   0   1   0   1   0   .242

2-Everett pr-3b 0   1   0   0   0   0   .276

Kearns lf 2   0   1   0   1   0   .210

Marson c 2   0   0   0   0   0   .244

a-C.Santana ph-c 1   0   0   0   0   0   .207

Totals 28   3   6   3   2   5   

a-popped out for Marson in the 8th.1-ran for Pedroia in the 8th. 2-ran for Hannahan in the 8th. E: Masterson (1). LOB: Boston 6, Cleveland 3. 2B: A.Cabrera (10), Kearns (4). HR: Crawford (2), off Masterson; A.Cabrera (10), off C.Buchholz. RBIs: Pedroia (11), Crawford (14), Brantley (23), A.Cabrera 2 (34). SB: A.Cabrera (7). CS: Ellsbury (6), Hannahan (1). RLSP: Boston 4 (Ad.Gonzalez, Lowrie, Youkilis, Crawford); Cleveland 2 (Marson, Choo). RA: J.Drew, Saltalamacchia, Kearns. GIDP: Youkilis, Ortiz, Crawford, Marson. DP: Boston 1 (Youkilis, Pedroia, Ad.Gonzalez); Cleveland 3 (LaPorta, Hannahan, Masterson), (A.Cabrera, O.Cabrera, LaPorta), (O.Cabrera, A.Cabrera, LaPorta).

Boston IP   H   R   ER   BB   SO   NP   ERA   

C.Buchholz 71/3   4   2   2   2   4   94   3.30

Bard (L 1-4, BS2) 1/3   2   1   1   0   0   11   3.65

R.Hill 1/3   0   0   0   0   1   4   0.00

Cleveland IP   H   R   ER   BB   SO   NP   ERA   

Masterson 72/3   4   2   2   2   3   112   2.50

R.Perez 0   1   0   0   0   0   4   1.13

J.Smith (W 2-1) 1/3   0   0   0   0   0   3   2.19

C.Perez (S 13) 1   2   0   0   0   0   11   2.70

R.Perez pitched to 1 batter in the 8th. IR-S: Bard 1-1, R.Hill 1-0, R.Perez 1-0, J.Smith 2-0. HBP: by Masterson (Youkilis, Ellsbury). Umpires: Home, Paul Emmel; first, Rob Drake; second, David Rackley; third, Bruce Dreckman.

T: 2:49. A: 19,225 (43,441).

Tigers 6, Rays 3

DETROIT - Victor Martinez rapped a two-run double and Jhonny Peralta had a two-run single in the eighth inning, lifting Detroit to a win over Tampa Bay.

Charlie Furbush (1-0) pitched 32/3 scoreless innings of relief in his major-league debut after Detroit starter Phil Coke was injured.

Former Rays reliever Joaquin Benoit worked a scoreless eighth. Jose Valverde gave up two runs in the ninth but avoided a total collapse by getting former Tiger Johnny Damon to line out to first baseman Miguel Cabrera to end the game.

Jeremy Hellickson (5-3) allowed two runs and four hits in 61/3 innings. He had a shot to be the first Tampa Bay rookie to win five straight starts, but his light-hitting teammates weren't much help.

Tampa Bay 000 100 002 – 3 6 0

Detroit 000 011 04x – 6 7 1

Tampa Bay AB   R   H   BI   BB   SO   Avg.   

B.Upton cf 3   1   0   0   2   3   .247

Damon dh 5   0   2   0   0   0   .269

Longoria 3b 2   0   0   1   1   0   .221

Zobrist rf-2b 4   0   1   0   0   0   .260

S.Rodriguez 2b-ss 3   0   0   0   1   0   .209

F.Lopez 1b 3   0   0   0   0   1   .213

Kotchman 1b 1   0   0   0   0   0   .349

Shoppach c 2   0   0   0   0   1   .167

a-Jaso ph 0   1   0   0   1   0   .211

E.Johnson ss 2   0   1   0   0   0   .258

Joyce rf 2   1   1   0   0   0   .357

Fuld lf 3   0   1   2   0   0   .229

Totals 30   3   6   3   5   5   

Detroit AB   R   H   BI   BB   SO   Avg.   

A.Jackson cf 3   0   1   0   0   0   .226

S.Sizemore 2b 4   1   1   0   0   0   .211

Boesch rf 4   1   1   0   0   2   .266

C.Wells rf 0   0   0   0   0   0   .245

Mi.Cabrera 1b 3   1   1   1   1   1   .313

V.Martinez dh 3   1   1   2   1   0   .303

Dirks lf 3   1   1   1   1   0   .278

Jh.Peralta ss 3   0   1   2   1   2   .295

Avila c 2   0   0   0   2   1   .286

Inge 3b 2   1   0   0   1   0   .208

Totals 27   6   7   6   7   6   

a-walked for Shoppach in the 9th. E: Mi.Cabrera (4). LOB: Tampa Bay 8, Detroit 5. 2B: Damon (6), Boesch (11), V.Martinez (11). HR: Dirks (1), off Hellickson. RBIs: Longoria (9), Fuld 2 (18), Mi.Cabrera (31), V.Martinez 2 (25), Dirks (2), Jh.Peralta 2 (26). SB: B.Upton (8). CS: E.Johnson (3), Mi.Cabrera (1). S: Fuld, A.Jackson. SF: Longoria. RLSP: Tampa Bay 4 (Shoppach 2, S.Rodriguez, Damon); Detroit 2 (S.Sizemore, Avila). GIDP: Avila. DP: Tampa Bay 2 (B.Upton, F.Lopez), (S.Rodriguez, Zobrist, Kotchman).

Tampa Bay IP   H   R   ER   BB   SO   NP   ERA   

Hellicksn(L 5-3) 61/3   4   2   2   4   4   100   3.14

Howell 11/3   1   2   2   1   1   20   7.71

J.Cruz 0   2   2   2   2   0   16   3.63

C.Ramos 1/3   0   0   0   0   1   4   3.77

Detroit IP   H   R   ER   BB   SO   NP   ERA   

Coke 31/3   2   1   1   1   1   47   3.81

Furbush(W 1-0) 32/3   2   0   0   1   3   53   0.00

Benoit (H 6) 1   0   0   0   1   1   18   7.02

Valverde 1   2   2   2   2   0   27   3.43

J.Cruz pitched to 4 batters in the 8th. IR-S: Howell 1-0, J.Cruz 2-2, C.Ramos 2-0, Furbush 2-0. IBB: off J.Cruz (Dirks), off Hellickson (V.Martinez). HBP: by Furbush (Shoppach). WP: J.Cruz, Valverde. Umpires: Home, Sam Holbrook; first, Gerry Davis; second, Greg Gibson; third, Todd Tichenor. T: 3:21. A: 21,550 (41,255).

Mariners 8, Twins 7

MINNEAPOLIS - Luis Rodriguez hit a sacrifice fly in the 10th inning, and Seattle beat Jim Thome and Minnesota.

Carlos Peguero's single in the ninth scored Michael Saunders and tied the game, helping the Mariners overcome Thome's powerful return to the lineup.

In his first game off the disabled list, Thome homered twice - including a 465-foot shot that bounced high in the air after landing on the Target Field pavilion in the fourth inning.

He also hit a line drive that had just enough height to clear the wall in left field in the seventh.

The former Phillies slugger took a curtain call after his second homer, and the Twins held a 7-4 lead.

Seattle 211 000 021 1 – 8 15 0

Minnesota 100 310 200 0 – 7 10 1

Seattle AB   R   H   BI   BB   SO   Avg.   

I.Suzuki rf 4   1   2   1   1   0   .292

Figgins 3b 5   0   1   0   1   0   .211

Smoak 1b 5   0   1   0   0   2   .269

1-M.Saunders pr 0   1   0   0   0   0   .180

L.Rodriguez 1b 0   0   0   1   0   0   .186

Cust dh 5   2   2   2   1   2   .230

F.Gutierrez cf 5   0   1   0   0   0   .167

Peguero lf 5   0   2   2   0   1   .222

Ryan ss 5   1   2   0   0   0   .232

Ja.Wilson 2b 5   3   1   0   0   0   .253

C.Gimenez c 3   0   1   1   0   0   .214

a-A.Kennedy ph 1   0   1   1   0   0   .283

Olivo c 1   0   1   0   0   0   .228

Totals 44   8   15   8   3   5   

Minnesota AB   R   H   BI   BB   SO   Avg.   

Span cf 5   1   3   2   1   0   .291

Plouffe ss 5   0   0   0   0   1   .212

Kubel rf 5   0   0   0   0   1   .309

Morneau 1b 5   0   0   0   0   0   .229

Cuddyer 2b 3   3   2   0   1   0   .267

A.Casilla 2b 0   0   0   0   1   0   .188

Thome dh 3   2   2   4   2   0   .237

D.Young lf 3   1   1   1   1   1   .234

Repko lf 1   0   0   0   0   0   .200

Valencia 3b 5   0   1   0   0   1   .226

Butera c 5   0   1   0   0   1   .115

Totals 40   7   10   7   6   5   

a-singled for C.Gimenez in the 8th.1-ran for Smoak in the 9th. E: Plouffe (2). LOB: Seattle 11, Minnesota 9. 2B: F.Gutierrez (1), C.Gimenez (1), Cuddyer (5). HR: Cust (1), off Pavano; Span (2), off Vargas; Thome (3), off Vargas; Thome (4), off Laffey. RBIs: I.Suzuki (17), L.Rodriguez (10), Cust 2 (16), Peguero 2 (8), C.Gimenez (4), A.Kennedy (11), Span 2 (10), Thome 4 (11), D.Young (10). SB: M.Saunders (4), Ja.Wilson (5), Span (4). S: I.Suzuki. SF: L.Rodriguez. RLSP: Seattle 5 (Figgins, Ryan, Smoak, Ja.Wilson, Cust); Minnesota 5 (Kubel, Plouffe 2, Valencia, Repko). RA: Peguero.

Seattle IP   H   R   ER   BB   SO   NP   ERA   

Vargas 42/3   7   5   5   4   2   95   3.86

Laffey 21/3   2   2   2   0   1   33   1.90

Ray 1   1   0   0   0   2   13   9.58

J.Wright (W 1-1) 1   0   0   0   2   0   26   1.64

League (S 11-14) 1   0   0   0   0   0   7   6.16

Minnesota IP   H   R   ER   BB   SO   NP   ERA   

Pavano 7   9   4   4   2   3   108   5.28

Nathan (H 2) 1/3   2   2   1   0   1   21   7.63

Capps (BS 4) 12/3   2   1   1   0   1   31   5.09

Swarzak (L 0-2) 2/3   2   1   1   1   0   20   7.71

Dumatrait 1/3   0   0   0   0   0   4   2.70

IR-S: Laffey 2-0, Capps 2-1, Dumatrait 2-0. IBB: off J.Wright (Thome), off Swarzak (Figgins). WP: J.Wright, Nathan. Umpires: Home, Ed Rapuano; first, Brian O'Nora; second, Alfonso Marquez; third, Ed Hickox.

T: 3:40. A: 37,498 (39,500).