Toronto, ON (Sports Network) - Pedro Ciriaco's RBI double in the ninth lifted the Boston Red Sox over the Toronto Blue Jays, 3-2, in the middle contest of a three-game set. Cody Ross homered and scored twice, while Jarrod Saltalamacchia added two hits and drove in a run for the Red Sox, who have taken the first two in the series. Craig Breslow (1-0) tossed a scoreless eighth and Andrew Bailey followed suit in the ninth for his fourth save and second in as many games. Yunel Escobar and Adam Lind each drove in a run for the Blue Jays, who have dropped four of five overall. Steve Delabar (4-2) surrendered the deciding run over his 1 1/3 relief frames.

Final Score: Chicago 5, Minnesota 3

Minneapolis, MN (Sports Network) - Francisco Liriano took a no-hitter into the seventh inning and the AL Central-leading Chicago White Sox beat the Minnesota Twins, 5-3, in the second test of a three-game series. Trevor Plouffe hit a two-run homer in the seventh to end Liriano's no-hit bid. That was the only hit Liriano (6-11) gave up in seven innings of work, as the left-hander struck out nine and walked two against his former team. Paul Konerko homered and knocked in three runs for the White Sox, who lead the Tigers by one game for first place in the division. Alexei Ramirez and Gordon Beckham added an RBI apiece. Samuel Deduno (6-4) allowed four runs on three hits over four innings for the Twins, who have lost the first two games of this series. He fanned six and walked five.

Final Score: New York 5, Tampa Bay 3

Bronx, NY (Sports Network) - Making his first start in nearly a month, Ivan Nova struck out eight over six-plus innings and the New York Yankees held off the Tampa Bay Rays, 5-3, in the middle test of a three-game set at Yankee Stadium. Nova (12-7) had been sidelined since Aug. 21 with inflammation in his right rotator cuff, but the right-hander allowed just two runs on four hits and two walks to earn his first victory since Aug. 11. Rafael Soriano fired a scoreless ninth to secure his 39th save of the season and New York's third win in its last four games. Curtis Granderson clubbed a two-run homer and Eduardo Nunez followed with a solo shot in the second, as the Yankees moved a game ahead of Baltimore atop the AL East.

Final Score: Detroit 5, Cleveland 3

Cleveland, OH (Sports Network) - Anibal Sanchez took a no-hitter into the seventh inning and the Detroit Tigers defeated the Cleveland Indians, 5-3, in the second test of a three-game series. Detroit still sits one game back of Chicago for the top spot in the AL Central as the White Sox also won on Saturday, a 5-3 triumph over Minnesota. Sanchez (3-5) was seven outs away from the second no-hitter of his career after retiring the first two batters in the seventh. Carlos Santana, though, broke up the no-hit bid with a triple off the wall in center. Russ Canzler's RBI double to center field and Lonnie Chisenhall's run-scoring single up the middle chased Sanchez from the game. Sanchez struck out seven and did not issue a walk for the Tigers, who have won four in a row.

Final Score: Kansas City 3, LA Angels of Anaheim 2

Kansas City, MO (Sports Network) - Billy Butler and Salvador Perez hit back- to-back homers in the bottom of the ninth inning to lift the Kansas City Royals to a 3-2 win over the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. Zack Greinke, a 2009 Cy Young Award winner with the Royals, struck out Alcides Escobar to begin the ninth before giving up a single to Alex Gordon. Angels manager Mike Scioscia decided to remove Greinke, who had thrown 109 pitches through 8 1/3 innings and was in line to win his fifth straight start with the visitors ahead 2-0. Butler crushed Ernesto Frieri's (3-1) first pitch over the center- field wall for a game-tying home run. Perez then drove a 1-1 offering off the left-field foul pole to send Kansas City to a dramatic walk-off victory.

Final Score: Seattle 8, Texas 6

Arlington, TX (Sports Network) - Justin Smoak's leadoff homer in the eighth inning proved to be the difference, as the Seattle Mariners overcame blowing a six-run lead to post an 8-6 win over the Texas Rangers on Saturday. The Rangers had scored a combined five runs over the previous two innings before Smoak launched Tanner Scheppers' (1-1) second pitch over the center-field wall. Scheppers succeeded Martin Perez, who walked one and struck out five in 4 1/3 hitless innings in relief of ineffective starter Scott Feldman. Smoak's blast made a winner out of Lucas Luetge (2-1), who gave up the tying run on a David Murphy groundout in the seventh but got rookie Jurickson Profar to ground into a fielder's choice with the bases loaded to end the inning. The Mariners tacked on an insurance run in the ninth as pinch-runner Munenori Kawasaki scored on a base hit by Smoak. Tom Wilhelmsen recorded the final four outs to earn his 27th save of the season.

Final Score: Oakland 5, Baltimore 2

Oakland, CA (Sports Network) - Chris Carter's two-run double highlighted a five-run third inning, and the Oakland Athletics beat the Baltimore Orioles, 5-2, Saturday night. Jarrod Parker (11-8) allowed seven hits and a pair of runs over seven innings for the A's, who have won eight of their last nine contests. They sit two games behind first-place Texas in the AL West. Oakland also remains at the top of the wild card standings. Nate McLouth homered for the Orioles, who will try to avoid a three-game sweep Sunday. They are 2 1/2 games ahead of the Angels for the second wild card spot, but fell a game behind the New York Yankees for the lead in the AL East. Zach Britton (5-3) gave up four hits and five runs over four innings.

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