AMERICAN LEAGUE

Rays 2, Blue Jays 1

Evan Longoria snapped an eighth-inning tie with an RBI single, leading Tampa Bay past Toronto Wednesday night for David Price's club-record 16th victory.

Price (16-6) allowed a solo homer to John Buck, a double and two infield singles over eight innings. The 25-year-old left-hander walked two and struck out seven before Rafael Soriano worked out of a jam in the ninth for his major league-leading 40th save in 42 opportunities.

Tampa Bay remained a game behind the first-place Yankees in the AL East. New York beat Oakland 4-3 for its fifth straight victory.

Rangers 4, Royals 3

Rookie Mitch Moreland homered again and Texas kept pulling away in the AL West, beating t Kansas City.

The Rangers increased their division lead to 9 1-2 games over Oakland, which lost in New York.

Twins 2, Tigers 1

Danny Valencia's one-out single in the 10th inning drove in Michael Cuddyer from second base and gave Minnesota a victory over Detroit.

The Twins kept their four-game lead over Chicago in the AL Central, improving to 9-5 against the Tigers this season, 7-1 at Target Field.

White Sox 6, Indians 4

For the second straight game, Manny Ramirez watched from a few feet away as one of his new teammates hit a game-winning homer.

Claimed off waivers by Chicago for his renowned power, Ramirez provided only a bloop a single in his debut but he was on deck when Paul Konerko hit a three-run homer in the eighth inning to give the White Sox a win and three-game sweep of Cleveland.

NATIONAL LEAGUE

Braves 4, Mets 1

Tommy Hanson finally got some run support and won for the first time in nearly two months, allowing just one hit in seven shutout innings to lead Atlanta past New York.

Omar Infante and Jason Heyward combined for seven hits at the top of the Braves' order, Martin Prado drove in two runs with a first-inning double and it could have been worse for the Mets if they hadn't thrown out two Atlanta runners at the plate.

Reds 6, Brewers 1

Left-hander Aroldis Chapman hit 103 mph on the radar gun during another sizzling inning, then got his first big-league win when Cincinnati rallied for a victory over Milwaukee.

The Cuban left-hander threw two pitches that clocked 103 mph - his fastest yet - in his second straight unhittable performance.

Phillies 5, Dodgers 1

Roy Oswalt pitched one-hit ball into the seventh and Philadelphia used leadoff homers by Jimmy Rollins and Shane Victorino in the first two innings to beat Los Angeles.

NOTES

Rangers' Lee returns to Texas for shot

Rangers left-hander Cliff Lee returned to Texas to get a shot and have his ailing back checked out.

Lee was scheduled to rejoin the AL West leaders Friday.

Lee is 0-3 with an 8.28 ERA in his last five starts. He gave up six runs and 10 hits in 4 2-3 innings Tuesday night at Kansas City.

"After the game last night Cliff Lee told us he was experiencing some discomfort in his back," Rangers assistant general manager Thad Levine said. "We flew him back to Dallas to see (Rangers team physician) Dr. (Keith) Meister. "

Lee, the 2008 AL Cy Young winner, has not won since Aug. 6 at Oakland. He is 2-5 with a 4.69 ERA in 11 starts with the Rangers since they acquired him in six-player trade July 9 with the Seattle Mariners.