Cleveland ? Dan Haren limited baseball’s hottest team to four singles in 62â3 innings and pushed Oakland higher in the AL wild-card standings as the Athletics beat Cleveland, 2-0, Monday night, stopping the Indians’ seven-game winning streak.

Haren (13-10) made sure the A’s took the opener of a three-game series they can’t afford to lose. Oakland, a major-league-best 36-20 since the All-Star break, pulled within 11â2 games of the wild-card-leading Indians.

Cleveland, 19-7 since Aug. 16, has a one-game edge over the idle New York Yankees, who open a three-game set today at Tampa Bay.

The A’s made three errors but did just enough offensively to hand C.C. Sabathia (13-10) his first loss since July 30. Jason Kendall hit an RBI single in the third off the left-hander, and Mark Kotsay delivered a sacrifice fly in the seventh against reliever Scott Sauerbeck.

Twins 2, Tigers 1

Detroit – Kyle Lohse won in his first start since a tirade following his early removal from a game, leading Minnesota over Detroit.

Red Sox 6, Blue Jays 5, 11 innings

Toronto – David Ortiz hit two home runs, including a drive in the 11th inning that led Boston. Manny Ramirez also homered for the Red Sox.

Orioles 4, Rangers 2

Arlington, Texas – Daniel Cabrera struck out seven to win his second consecutive start since coming off the disabled list, and Baltimore scored twice on a dropped fly ball to beat Texas.

Mariners 8, Angels 1

Seattle – Joel Pineiro pitched three-hit ball into the eighth inning, Raul Ibanez homered and had four hits, and Seattle beat Los Angeles.