Division-leading Tigers top Indians 4-3 in 10

Placido Polanco hit a sacrifice fly in the 10th inning to give the Detroit Tigers a 4-3 victory over the Cleveland Indians on Thursday.

The Tigers completed a three-game sweep and increased their lead in the AL Central to five games over the idle Twins.

Ryan Raburn led off the Detroit 10th with a double. Rafael Perez (4-3) then intentionally walked Miguel Cabrera and issued an unintentional free pass to Magglio Ordonez. Polanco followed with a fly ball to center and Raburn scored standing up.

Zach Miner (6-4) pitched 2 1-3 hitless innings to get the win.

Detroit led 3-0 before Cleveland rallied in the eighth. Asdrubal Cabrera had a two-out RBI single off Fu-Te Ni and Shin-Soo Choo followed with a tying two-run double.

White Sox 5, Cubs 0

At Chicago, rookie Carlos Torres threw seven crisp innings, Dewayne Wise made a great throw to cut down a runner at the plate and the White Sox won a makeup game between two city rivals whose seasons have gone awry.

Torres (1-0) earned his first major league win in his third career start. He allowed five hits, walked none and struck out six.

Wise, whose highlight-reel catch preserved Mark Buehrle's perfect game back in July, made a strong throw from right field to nail Jake Fox at the plate and preserve a 1-0 White Sox lead in the seventh. Fox was trying to score from second on Jeff Baker's single.

Ryan Dempster (8-8) gave up three unearned runs and nine hits in seven-plus innings for the Cubs.

Yankees 10, Blue Jays 5

At Toronto, Jorge Posada homered and drove in four runs as the Yankees beat the Blue Jays for their seventh straight victory.

The AL East leaders won for the 14th time in 17 road games. Toronto lost its fourth in a row.

Posada's homer was his 20th, giving New York a major league-leading seven players with at least that many _ it's the first time the Yankees have done that in team history.

Posada went 4 for 5 and hit his 340th career double, moving past Bob Meusel into ninth place on the team's all-time list.

Alex Rodriguez's homer, a solo shot in the ninth, was his 24th this season and 50th overall against Toronto. He has 577 lifetime.

Red Sox 6, Rays 3

At St. Petersburg, Florida, Clay Buchholz pitched six effective innings and Jason Bay drove in two runs as the Red Sox hurt Tampa Bay's playoff hopes with a win over the Rays.

The Red Sox took 2 of 3 from the Rays _ Boston's first series win at Tropicana Field since Sept. 21-23, 2007 _ to extend their AL wild-card advantage over Tampa Bay to six games. Texas trails Boston by three games.

Buchholz (4-3) allowed three runs and six hits. Bay, with 21 RBIs in his last 22 games, hit a two-run double that put the Red Sox ahead 2-0 in the first.

Evan Longoria had a run-scoring double for the Rays.

Mariners 7, Athletics 4

At Oakland, California, Bill Hall, Franklin Gutierrez and Kenji Johjima each hit two-run homers to help Ian Snell win his fourth straight start for the Mariners.

Johjima's fourth-inning drive gave the Mariners some breathing room after the A's had pulled within a run. Seattle provided Snell (4-1) with plenty of offense as the right-hander again showed why the Mariners dealt for him just before the trading deadline.

Ken Griffey Jr. returned to the Seattle lineup after missing six games with inflammation in his left knee. He went 0-for-4 with a strikeout and said before the game he is considering playing another season if it's the right move for both sides.