Halladay leads Blue Jays over Red Sox

Halladay (11-3) could be the biggest prize available before the July 31 trade deadline. Blue Jays general manager J.P. Ricciardi said this month he would field offers for the 2003 AL Cy Young Award winner, who is signed through 2010.

Barajas put the Blue Jays in front with a two-out, two-run double in the second off left-hander Jon Lester (8-7).

Yankees 2, Tigers 1 At New York, Joba Chamberlain won for the first time in almost a month as New York got home runs from Mark Teixeira and Alex Rodriguez in a victory over Detroit that completed a three-game sweep of the AL Central leaders.

Chamberlain (5-2) rebounded from two ineffective starts and New York edged punchless Detroit 2-1 for the second consecutive day. Chamberlain allowed three hits over 6 2-3 innings in his longest effort since he tossed eight innings in New York's 5-2 victory at Cleveland on June 1. He struck out eight and walked three as the Yankees pulled within one game of AL East-leading Boston.

It was the right-hander's first victory since June 24 at Atlanta. Mariano Rivera finished for his 26th save in 27 opportunities and third of the series. It was the first time since September that Rivera saved three games in three days.

Mariners 5, Indians 3 At Cleveland, Ichiro Suzuki had three hits, scored twice and made a game-saving catch to help Seattle beat Cleveland for a third straight game.

Suzuki went 3 for 4 with a walk, raising his average to .363.

With one runner on and two outs in the ninth, Victor Martinez's bid for a game-tying, two-run homer was caught by a leaping Suzuki at the right-field wall. The catch gave David Aardsma his 22nd save in 24 chances.

Shawn Kelley (2-1) struck out two in a scoreless inning for the win — Seattle's sixth in eight games.

The Indians won the opener of the four-game series but have lost 21 of 28. They struck out 12 times to put their season total at 709.

Orioles 10, White Sox 2 At Chicago, Jeremy Guthrie pitched eight solid innings and Gregg Zaun hit a three-run home run as Baltimore beat Chicago.

Zaun was 3 for 4 with four RBIs as the Orioles improved to 15-29 on the road.

DeWayne Wise and Chris Getz homered for the White Sox, who failed to complete their first sweep at home this season.

After struggling in his last start, Guthrie (7-8) bounced back by allowing two runs on three hits. He struck out five and walked one. He had his last start skipped before the All-Star break because of an illness.

Jose Contreras (4-8) lasted 4 1-3 innings, giving up five runs, four earned, on five hits and four walks.

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