Rays pound Royals

at Tampa Bay 10, Kansas City 4: Carl Crawford had three hits and three runs batted in, and stole his 49th base to lead the Rays. Willy Aybar hit solo homers from both sides of the plate for the Rays, who won nine of 10 games in the season series with Kansas City. Zack Greinke (10-7) gave up six runs and 10 hits over five innings and is 0-4 in six starts since his last win June 28.

at Detroit 6, Baltimore 5: Clete Thomas homered with two out in the ninth inning off Danys Baez to give the Tigers the victory. The Orioles had a 5-0 lead with one out in the top of the first inning against Justin Verlander and never scored again.