Blue Jays 4, Yankees 1

New York – Rookie Jesse Litsch allowed five hits over 72â3 innings to lead Toronto in the Yankees’ final home game.

New York still moved closer to a postseason, though, when Detroit lost. The Yankees will clinch a playoff berth with one more victory or a Detroit loss. New York fell two games behind idle Boston in the AL East.

Litsch (7-9), who had lost to the Yankees twice this season, started in place of A.J. Burnett, who left the Blue Jays for a day on what they described as “personal business.”

Twins 2, Tigers 0

Detroit – Minnesota’s Carlos Silva shut down Detroit over 72â3 innings in a loss that put the Tigers on the brink of being eliminated from the playoff race.

The defending American League champions are one loss, or a New York Yankees’ victory, from officially being relegated to watching this postseason.

Nick Punto’s RBI single in the second inning and Jason Kubel’s run-scoring single in the ninth was all the offense for Minnesota, which has won five of seven. The Twins had lost seven in a row against the Tigers.

Rangers 8, Angels 7

Arlington, Texas – Marlon Byrd hit a go-ahead, two-run homer in the bottom of the fifth inning, and Texas held on for the victory.

The AL West champion Angels remained at 92 victories, the same as Boston and Cleveland, the other division leaders who were off Monday.

A day after clinching their third division title in four years in their home finale, the Angels had trouble with Rangers right-hander Armando Galarraga in his first major-league start.