Indians 4, Twins 0

Minneapolis – Paul Byrd threw his first shutout in more than two years, and Travis Hafner homered to lead Cleveland over Minnesota on Monday night.

Byrd (10-4) needed 99 pitches to complete the four-hitter, his first shutout since July 1, 2005, at Kansas City. The victory allowed Byrd to match last year’s win total, and now he’s eyeing his best season when he went 17-11 for Kansas City in 2002.

Michael Cuddyer, Justin Morneau and Torii Hunter – Nos. 4-6 in the Minnesota order – were a combined 1-for-10 Monday night and 3-for-31 in the series. The Twins have scored more than four runs just once in the last 14 games.

Tigers 6, Devil Rays 4

Detroit – Ryan Raburn hit a tiebreaking single in a four-run seventh for Detroit, which snapped its longest losing steak of the season.

The defending AL champions had lost five straight and 12 of 15 since they had baseball’s best record on July 21.

Sean Casey hit a one-out homer to spark the seventh, while Carlos Guillen had an RBI triple and Raburn singled for a 5-4 lead.

Yankees 5, Blue Jays 4

Toronto – Robinson Cano hit a go-ahead, two-run double in a four-run sixth inning, and Andy Pettitte won consecutive starts for the first time this season for New York.

The Yankees won their fourth straight, improved to 19-7 since the All-Star break and stopped Toronto’s home winning streak at eight.

Pettitte (8-7) allowed three runs and six hits in 52â3 innings.

Angels 4, Red Sox 2

Anaheim, Calif. – Curt Schilling returned from the disabled list and gave up a tiebreaking home run to Maicer Izturis in the seventh inning in a matchup of division leaders.

A’s 9, Rangers 7, 13 innings

Arlington, Texas – Mike Piazza singled in the go-ahead run in the 13th inning, and seven Oakland pitchers combined for 21 strikeouts.