RESULTS

* Toronto 4, at New York 1: The Yankees’ drive for a playoff spot paused, with Andy Pettitte falling behind early and a small crowd watching rookie Jesse Litsch pitch the Blue Jays to victory. Alex Rodriguez drove in the Yankees’ lone run for his 147th run batted in. This was a makeup from an April 25 rainout and there were only about 12,000 people in the seats when the game started. Because all 53,281 tickets were sold, this counted as the Yankees’ 50th sellout of the year. That brought their season attendance to a record 4,271,356, breaking last year’s mark of 4,243,780.

* at Baltimore 3, Kansas City 2: Nick Markakis hit a tiebreaking home run in the eighth inning and the Orioles completed a season sweep of the Royals. The Orioles went 7-0 against the Royals. It’s only the sixth time in club history that Baltimore swept a season series from an AL opponent.

* Minnesota 2, at Detroit 0: Carlos Silva shut down the Tigers over 7 2/3 innings in a loss that put Detroit on the brink of being eliminated from the playoff race. The Tigers are one loss, or a Yankees win, from officially being relegated to watching this postseason.

* at Texas 8, Angels 7: Marlon Byrd hit a go-ahead, two-run homer in the bottom of the fifth inning and the Rangers held on for the victory.