run second inning with a three-run homer, rookie Jesus Montero had four RBIs in finishing a triple shy of the cycle and the New York Yankees stunned the reeling Boston Red Sox early in a 9-1 victory Saturday. Boston dropped to 4-15 since holding a nine-game lead over the Rays in the AL wild-card race on Sept. 4. Tampa Bay went into Saturday night's game at Toronto trailing by two games. Freddy Garcia (12-8) pitched six innings of six-hit ball, making his case for the No. 3 spot in the Yankees' postseason rotation. Jon Lester (15-9) allowed eight runs and eight hits in 2 2-3 innings as Boston starters fell to 3-10 with a 7.34 ERA during the slump. Texas 7, Seattle 3: Seattle ace Felix Hernandez was forced out of the game when he took a line drive off his right forearm during the Rangers' six-run fourth inning Saturday, and Texas used a patchwork lineup to beat the Mariners 7-3 one day after it clinched the AL West title. The Rangers had already scored four times in the fourth when Hernandez (14-14) was struck by Michael Young's liner. The reigning AL Cy Young Award winner fell to the ground as the ball caromed toward third base for a single. Hernandez was attended to by a team trainer, and was soon walking to the dugout, grimacing in pain and done for the day in his final start of the season. Orioles 6, Tigers 5: Justin Verlander lost his streak of 12 consecutive winning starts, and the Baltimore Orioles went on to a victory over the Detroit Tigers when Matt Angle executed a tiebreaking squeeze bunt in the ninth inning. Rays 6, Blue Jays 2: The Tampa Bay Rays moved within 1½ games of Boston in the AL wild-card race, getting a clutch three-run homer from Johnny Damon in a victory over the Toronto Blue Jays. Indians 8, Twins 2 & Indians 7, Twins 6: Shelley Duncan drove in three runs in each half of a day-night doubleheader, and the Cleveland Indians erased a six-run deficit to beat the Minnesota Twins for the sweep. The Indians also won the opener 8-2 behind Duncan, who hit a two-run single with two out in the first and a tiebreaking sacrifice fly in Cleveland's six-run sixth inning. Duncan's two-run single off Matt Capps put Cleveland ahead 7-6 in the seventh inning of the nightcap as the Indians won for the eighth time in 11 games. White Sox 6, Royals 3: Alex Rios and Brent Morel homered to back John Danks and lead the White Sox over the Kansas City Royals, stopping Chicago's five-game home losing streak. In another game the LA Angels beat Oakland 4-2.
