Longoria's RBI single lifts Rays over Blue Jays

Ben Zobrist began the winning rally by drawing a one-out walk from Shawn Camp (4-3), and was driven home by Longoria.

Tampa Bay starter David Price (16-6) got his club record 16th win, allowing one run over eight innings and striking out seven.

Closer Rafael Soriano worked out of a jam in the ninth for his major league-leading 40th save in 42 opportunities.

The victory gave Tampa Bay its 11th consecutive home series win over Toronto, and the Rays remained nine games clear in the wild-card race.

Yankees 4, Athletics 3 In New York, A.J. Burnett bounced back from an awful August by pitching six effective innings to guide New York past Oakland.

Burnett (10-12) went 0-4 in five starts since his previous win, and had a 7.80 ERA in August. He got September off to a stronger start, allowing three runs and striking out eight.

New York notched its fifth straight win and held its one-game lead over Tampa Bay in the AL East.

A's starter Brett Anderson (3-6) allowed only one earned run, but Oakland still fell to 1-8 against New York this season.

Mariano Rivera pitched the ninth for his 28th save. He struck out Kurt Suzuki with a runner on second to end it.

Twins 2, Tigers 1, 10 innings In Minneapolis, Danny Valencia's one-out single in the 10th inning drove in Michael Cuddyer from second base and gave Minnesota victory over Detroit.

Cuddyer singled against Ryan Perry (2-5) to start the 10th and stole second base.

The Twins kept their four-game lead over Chicago in the AL Central, improving to 7-1 at home against the Tigers this season.

Minnesota starter Jon Rauch (3-1) pitched a perfect 10th for the win.

Rangers 4, Royals 3 In Kansas City, Texas rookie Mitch Moreland homered again as the Rangers kept pulling away in the AL West, beating Kansas City.

The Rangers increased their division lead to 9 games over Oakland.

Moreland homered for the second straight game, leading off the sixth inning with a shot that made it 4-2. He has five home runs in his first 25 big league games.

Texas starter Tommy Hunter (12-2) allowed two runs in 5 2-3 innings. Rookie reliever Neftali Feliz worked a perfect ninth for his 34th save in 37 opportunities.

Nelson Cruz hit a two-run single in the first off Royals starter Bryan Bullington (1-4).

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