Halladay leads Blue Jays over Red Sox

The Royals, who have lost six straight and eight of nine, blew a 3-0 lead. It was the third straight game the bullpen failed to hold a lead. The Rays scored seven runs in the eighth innings in sweeping the three-game series.

The Royals (37-54) dropped to a season-worst 17 games below .500.

With the Rays trailing 3-2, Carl Crawford reached on an infield single in the eighth and went to third on an errant pickoff throw by Jamey Wright (0-3). After Evan Longoria was intentionally walked, Carlos Pena singled home Crawford before Ben Zobrist drew a walk from John Bale to load the bases. Roman Colon then walked Gross after an 0-2.

Angels 1, Athletics 0, 10 innings At Oakland, California, Bobby Abreu, who broke up rookie Brett Anderson's bid for a perfect game with a seventh-inning single, homered with one out in the 10th inning to lead Los Angeles over Oakland.

Abreu's two big hits rewarded John Lackey (5-4), who allowed three hits over nine scoreless innings for the AL West-leading Angels — the second time this season he hasn't allowed a run. The veteran right-hander matched Anderson, the 21-year-old lefty who retired the first 20 batters he faced.

Anderson allowed two hits over eight innings, struck out six and didn't allow a walk.

Abreu connected off All-Star Andrew Bailey (4-2) for his seventh homer. Brian Fuentes finished for his majors-leading 28th save.

Rangers 5, Twins 3, 12 innings At Arlington, Texas, Ian Kinsler hit a two-run homer with one out in the 12th inning as Texas avoided being swept at home with a victory over Minnesota.

It was Kinsler's second homer of the game, but he struck out three times after his sixth career leadoff about 3 1/2 hours earlier.

Jarrod Saltalamacchia, who set up earlier runs with the first two sacrifice bunts of his career, led off the 12th with a single off Brian Duensing (0-1) and was bunted to second by Elvis Andrus. R.A. Dickey then took over for the Twins, and Kinsler homered to left.

Texas snapped a four-game losing streak to remain within three games of the AL West-leading Los Angeles Angels.

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