Brett Tomko pitches five scoreless innings for Oakland

at Oakland 3, New York 0: Brett Tomko (2-2), in his debut with the Athletics, pitched five scoreless innings to beat the team that released him less than a month ago. Kurt Suzuki and Mark Ellis had run-scoring hits in a three-run fourth inning against A.J. Burnett (10-6).

at Chicago 8, Kansas City 7: Scott Podsednik hit a go-ahead single in the eighth inning and A.J. Pierzynski hit a two-run home run in the seventh for the White Sox, whose starter, Mark Buehrle, again failed to win for the first time since pitching a perfect game against Tampa Bay on July 23.

Angels 8, at Baltimore 5