AL capsules

Paul Byrd and two Cleveland relievers combined for the Indians’ fourth shutout in seven games with a 4-0 victory over the Oakland Athletics on Tuesday night.
Byrd (2-3) allowed five hits over 7 1-3 innings, striking out seven without a walk.
The right-hander extended the Indians’ scoreless streak to 34 innings by their starting staff. The last run allowed by a Cleveland starter came Friday night in the fifth inning against Toronto by C.C. Sabathia — the only run yielded by an Indians starter in the last 39 innings.

Rays 2, Yankees 1,
11 innings
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Gabe Gross singled with no outs in the 11th inning to drive in the first run Mariano Rivera has allowed all season, giving Tampa Bay a victory over the Yankees and sending the Rays into first place in the AL East.
Cliff Floyd began the 11th with a single and pinch-runner Jonny Gomes stole second before Gross delivered the winner up the middle on a 1-1 pitch. Rivera (0-1) had not allowed a run in 14 previous appearances.
J.P. Howell (3-0) pitched two scoreless innings for the win, the Rays’ 15th in 20 games. Tampa Bay has won a club-record 11 straight at home and is a half-game ahead of Boston in the AL East after the Red Sox lost 5-4 at Baltimore.

Orioles 5, Red Sox 4
BALTIMORE (AP) — Luke Scott homered and had three of Baltimore’s 11 hits off Josh Beckett, and the Orioles received a fine pitching performance from Jeremy Guthrie in a victory over the Red Sox.

Royals 3, Tigers 2
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Jose Guillen drove in a pair of runs to help the Royals rally to beat the Tigers.
With the game tied 2-2 in the eighth inning, Guillen doubled with two outs off Francisco Cruceta (0-1). Esteban German ran for Guillen. After Billy Butler walked, Mark Teahen had an infield single, but Edgar Renteria committed a throwing error on a backhanded flip to second base, allowing German to score an unearned run.

Blue Jays 5, Twins 3
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Matt Stairs homered and scored twice for the struggling Blue Jays’ offense in Toronto’s victory over Minnesota.
Lyle Overbay and former Twin Shannon Stewart each had two hits, including RBI-doubles, for the Jays, who scored at least five runs in a game for just the second time in the last 10 games.

Rangers 5, Mariners 2
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Ramon Vazquez drove in the go-ahead run with a sixth-inning sacrifice fly and the surging Rangers beat Seattle.
Vazquez went deep in the 10th inning Monday night to give the Rangers a 13-12 victory over the Mariners in the opener of the three-game series. He finished with two RBIs in the second game as Texas won for the 12th time in 14 games.
Josh Rupe (2-1) allowed one hit in 1 2-3 scoreless innings and Eddie Guardado pitched the ninth for his first save since Aug. 12, 2006, for the Cincinnati Reds.
Felix Hernandez (2-4) gave up three runs and six hits in six innings. He walked five and struck out three.