AMERICAN LEAGUE

YANKEES 7, BLUE JAYS 5 Mark Teixeira hit a tying homer in the ninth inning and Aaron Hicks added a game-winning blast as the New York Yankees avoided a four-game sweep, beating the Toronto Blue Jays. Leading 3-2 heading to the ninth, Blue Jays manager John Gibbons called on Jason Grilli (7-6) to close it

out because Roberto Osuna was unavailable after pitching the previous two days. Teixeira tied it 3-all with a one-out drive into the second deck drive in right. After flipping his bat, Teixeira yelled “Blown save!” at Grilli after returning to the dugout. Didi Gregorius singled and Hicks followed with a two-run homer. New York scored five runs in a bat-around ninth, matching their total from the 35 previous innings in the series. After Dellin Betances loaded the bases with no outs in the bottom half, Tommy Layne, the eighth Yankees pitcher of the game, came on and got Josh Donaldson to fly out. Edwin Encarnacion drove in a run with a walk and pinch-hitter Dioner Navarro delivered a bloop single, making it 7-5. Layne forced Darwin Barney out at home plate on Russell Martin’s grounder, then wrapped up his first save by getting Troy Tulowitzki to foul out. MARINERS 4, ASTROS 3, 11 INNINGS

Robinson Cano hit his second homer of the game with two outs in the 11th inning, lifting the Seattle Mariners over the Houston Astros. Houston scored two runs in the ninth, but then Cano sent a slider from Luke Gregerson (4-3) into the second deck in right field to win. The victory moves Seattle two games behind Baltimore for the second AL wild card and drops Houston, which has lost four of five, to 3½ games back in the race. Drew Storen (4-3) pitched a perfect 10th for the win. Nick Vincent allowed consecutive singles to Jose Altuve and Carlos Correa before retiring the next two batters for his third save. WHITE SOX 7, RAYS 1 James Shields pitched six effective innings for his first win in two months, Justin Morneau and Carlos Sanchez each hit a two-run homer and the Chicago White Sox beat the Tampa Bay Rays. Shields (6-18) allowed one run and seven hits, using six strikeouts to help wriggle out of several jams and help Chicago win its third straight. The right-hander hadn’t won since July 26, when he pitched scoreless ball into the eighth against the crosstown Cubs. Shields was 0-6 in his previous 10 starts and is 4-11 since a trade to Chicago from San Diego. Morneau and Omar Narvaez each had two hits. Jose Abreu had two hits and an RBI. Tampa Bay’s Drew Smyly (7-12) allowed three runs and seven hits over five innings in losing for the first time since July 18 at Colorado.

INDIANS 7, TIGERS 4 The Cleveland Indians clinched the AL Central title, overcoming an injury to ace right-hander Corey Kluber in a victory over the Detroit Tigers. Kluber left after four innings with right groin tightness, joining Carlos Carrasco and Danny Salazar in a group of talented Cleveland pitchers dealing with injuries. But even those concerns were secondary when the Indians poured onto the field to celebrate their first division title since 2007. Cleveland last made the postseason in 2013 as a wild card. Coco Crisp and Roberto Perez homered for the Indians, and Jason Kipnis doubled in a run. Buck Farmer (0-1) allowed four runs in five innings for the Tigers, who fell two games behind Baltimore for the second AL wild card.