Indians 4, Royals 2

Kansas City, Mo. – Travis Hafner drove in two runs to reach 100 RBIs for the fourth straight year.

“He’s been hitting the baseball, impacting the baseball the way you expect Travis Hafner to do,” Cleveland manager Eric Wedge said. “And it couldn’t happen at a better time for us.”

Play was halted for more than 10 minutes in the top of the ninth when a sharply hit grounder bounced up and struck Kansas City third baseman Alex Gordon in the face. Gordon’s nose started bleeding, but he was able to walk off the field under his own power.

Buddy Bell, who managed his last game for the Royals, said Gordon was taken to a hospital.

“There’s a good chance of his nose being broken,” Bell said. “It’s probably not the first time that’s happened on a groundball.”

Bell announced in August that he would step down to spend more time with his family. He finished with a 174-262 record for the Royals.

Yankees 10, Orioles 4

Baltimore – Alex Rodriguez raised his major-league-leading RBI total to 156.

Tigers 13, White Sox 3

Chicago – Magglio Ordonez won his first AL batting title.

Twins 3, Red Sox 2

Boston – Minnesota held on against the Red Sox backups.

Devil Rays 8, Blue Jays 5

Toronto – Carlos Pena hit his 46th home run, and Jason Hammel won for the first time in five starts.

Mariners 4, Rangers 2

Seattle – Felix Hernandez held Texas to four hits in 82â3 innings as Seattle closed its up-and-down season on a high note.

J.J. Putz earned his career-high 40th save.

Athletics 3, Angels 2

Oakland, Calif. – Kurt Suzuki blooped a game-winning single to shallow right with one out in the ninth inning, and Oakland ended a five-game skid with a win over AL West champion Los Angeles.