AMERICAN LEAGUE

Angels 4, Rangers 1

Jered Weaver outpitched Cliff Lee with seven sharp innings Sunday in a matchup of the AL's strikeout and ERA leaders, and Los Angeles beat Texas to win two of three in their weekend series.

The Rangers' lead in the AL West was shaved to eight games by the three-time defending division champs, who avoided falling at least 10 games out of first place for the first time since the end of the 2003 season.

Twins 4, Mariners 0

Francisco Liriano matched a season high with 11 strikeouts, Jason Kubel snapped out of a slump with a three-run double and the streaking Minnesota Twins beat Seattle 4-0 for the second consecutive day.

Playing without sluggers Joe Mauer and Justin Morneau, the Twins won their eighth straight and completed a three-game sweep. They remained a half-game behind first-place Chicago in the AL Central.

White Sox 4, Athletics 1

Gavin Floyd carried a perfect game into the sixth inning before settling for another outstanding outing, leading Chicago over Oakland.

Brent Lillibridge hit a three-run triple for the White Sox, who have won six of seven. They improved to 20-2 in their last 22 games at U.S. Cellular Field.

Indians 5, Blue Jays 4

Asdrubal Cabrera hit a two-run homer, Jason Donald added a solo shot and Cleveland beat Toronto for the sixth time in seven games.

Jose Bautista hit his major league-leading 32nd home run for the Blue Jays. Aaron Hill and Yunel Escobar also had solo shots for Toronto, which leads the majors with 161 homers. The Blue Jays have gone deep in 13 consecutive games, hitting 31 during that span.

Called up from Triple-A Columbus to make his second big league start, Jeanmar Gomez (2-0) allowed two runs and five hits in five innings. Five Cleveland relievers combined to work the final four innings. Chris Perez wrapped it up in the ninth for his 12th save and second in two games.

Royals 5, Orioles 4

Alex Gordon homered and Bruce Chen won for the first time since July 3 to lead Kansas City past Baltimore.

Chen (6-5), who was 0-3 in his previous four starts, went five innings. He allowed three runs and seven hits.

Royals reliever Kanekoa Texeira worked out of a bases-loaded, none-out jam in the sixth, allowing only one run to score on a double-play grounder.

Joakim Soria escaped a ninth-inning jam for his 29th save in 31 chances. He has converted 22 straight.

NATIONAL LEAGUE

Giants 2, Dodgers 0

Matt Cain pitched four-hit ball into the eighth inning for surging San Francisco, earning his first career win against Los Angeles in a victory that completed a three-game sweep.

Edgar Renteria hit a two-run triple in the sixth for San Francisco, which moved to 8-2 in its last 10 games.

Cain (9-8) allowed four hits in 7 2-3 innings, improving to 3-0 with a 1.52 ERA in his last four starts. The right-hander also raised his career record against San Francisco's longtime rival to 1-8 with a 3.94 ERA in 15 games.

Newly acquired Javier Lopez got the last out of the eighth and Brian Wilson finished the four-hitter for his 31st save.

Reds 2, Braves 1

Brandon Phillips hit a tying triple with two out in the fifth inning and scored the tiebreaking run on shortstop Alex Gonzalez's error, helping Cincinnati beat Atlanta in the rubber game of the weekend series.

Ramon Hernandez was on first when Phillips lifted a fly ball down the right-field line that eluded a diving Jason Heyward and bounced into the corner. Orlando Cabrera followed with a routine grounder to Gonzalez, but the former Reds infielder dropped the ball, and Phillips scored while Cabrera easily beat the throw to first.

Phillies 6, Nationals 4

Placido Polanco and Jayson Werth each drove in a run in the 11th inning, helping Philadelphia avoid the sweep.

Wilson Valdez led off the 11th with a bunt single against Collin Balester (0-1) and was sacrificed to second by pinch-hitter Roy Oswalt, the ace pitcher acquired Thursday in a trade with Houston. Valdez went to third on a fly ball by Jimmy Rollins and scored on Polanco's third hit, a single to center.

Werth followed with an RBI double.

The Phillies lost the first two games of the series to the last-place Nationals but managed to avoid their first sweep against Washington.

Padres 5, Marlins 4

Jerry Hairston Jr. hit a two-run double with two outs in the sixth inning to chase Florida ace Josh Johnson, and the Padres avoided a three-game sweep.

Newly acquired Ryan Ludwick came up big during the three-run rally, delivering a pinch-hit single and sliding in ahead of the throw after Hairston doubled over left fielder Logan Morrison's head.

San Diego right-hander Jon Garland (10-7) outpitched Johnson (10-4), allowing three runs and five hits in six innings.

Cardinals 9, Pirates 1

Albert Pujols hit a two-run homer and Adam Wainwright stayed unbeaten at home with seven strong innings for the Cardinals.

Pujols' 25th homer capped a five-run fifth inning.

Wainwright (15-6) allowed one earned run and six hits, bouncing back strong from one of his worst outings of the season. He improved to 11-0 at Busch Stadium with a 1.22 ERA, both major league bests.

Rockies 8, Cubs 7

Jorge De La Rosa pitched into the seventh inning to earn his first win in three months and Colorado earned its fourth consecutive victory.

Chicago scored three times in the ninth against Huston Street but Jeff Baker struck out to end the game. Rockies center fielder Dexter Fowler was carted off the field with bruised ribs and a bruised left hip after crashing into the wall while catching Alfonso Soriano's sacrifice fly.

Astros 5, Brewers 2

Pinch-hitter Jason Michaels connected for a grand slam in the seventh inning and Houston completed the three-game sweep.

The Astros trailed 2-0 before Michaels' drive to the first row of the Crawford Boxes in left field.

Brewers starter Randy Wolf was cruising before he was hit on his left wrist by Hunter Pence's single with none out in the seventh, forcing the left-hander out of the game. He was replaced by Kameron Loe (1-2), who walked Carlos Lee and Chris Johnson to load the bases before Zach Braddock took over. That set up Michaels' second career pinch-hit grand slam.