* Toronto 9, Texas 5: Frank Thomas...

* Toronto 9, Texas 5: Frank Thomas homered for the first time in eight games -- a three-run shot in the first inning -- and ended the Blue Jays’ 66-inning homerless streak. They had not homered since Gregg Zaun’s three-run shot in the sixth inning of a July 25 victory over Minnesota, their longest drought since a 69-inning streak in 2005.

* at Minnesota 3, Cleveland 2: Joe Nathan finished off five scoreless innings by the bullpen by pitching a perfect ninth for his 25th save, and the Twins beat the Indians for only the third time in 10 games this season.

* at Tampa Bay 9, Baltimore 2: Scott Kazmir (8-7) won his third consecutive home decision, and the Devil Rays ended an eight-game losing streak to the Orioles. Kazmir yielded one run and seven hits over seven innings. Before his last four starts, he had gone winless in 14 home starts, not winning at Tropicana Field since July 3, 2006.

* Boston 4, at Seattle 3: Daisuke Matsuzaka escaped jams in the third and fourth innings, inducing rally-killing double plays, and helped the Red Sox end a nine-game losing streak to the Mariners in Seattle.

* Chicago 7, at Detroit 5: The Tigers, who had baseball’s best record two weeks ago, have lost four in a row and 10 of their last 12. The sellout (42,907) was Detroit’s 14th in a row, a Comerica Park record.

* at New York 16, Kansas City 8: The Yankees (60-50) have won five of their last six to improve to a season-best 10 games over .500.

* at Oakland 2, Angels 1: Kelvim Escobar lost his third straight start despite yielding two hits over seven innings.