The Blue Jays' Brandon Morrow lost a no-hit bid with two outs in the ninth inning on a single by Evan Longoria, then stuck out his 17th batter of the game to finish off a 1-0 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays Sunday. The three-game sweep was crippling for the Rays, who have lost a season-high five straight after briefly moving ahead of the New York Yankees in the AL East earlier in the week. Vernon Wells drove in the only run before leaving with a dislocated toe, which happened when he made a leaping catch against the wall in the sixth inning to preserve Morrow's no-hit bid. The Rays came close to being involved in their fourth no-hitter of the season, which would be a record for the modern era. Matt Garza threw the first no-hitter in Rays history against Detroit on July 26, and Tampa Bay was on the short end against Arizona's Edwin Jackson on June 26 and Oakland's Dallas Braden on May 9, when he finished off a perfect game. Dave Stieb threw the only no-hitter for the Blue Jays on Sept. 2, 1990, at Cleveland. The club record for strikeouts in a game is 18, set by Roger Clemens on Aug. 25, 1998. Yankees 7, Red Sox 2: At New York, Derek Jeter passed Babe Ruth on the career hits list and drove in three runs and Dustin Moseley filled in admirably for an injured A.J. Burnett as the Yankees beat Boston. Mark Teixeira hit his 25th homer, becoming the fourth player to hit at least 25 in each of his first eight big league seasons, and Lance Berkman won over Yankees fans with two doubles – and not hitting Alex Rodriguez again. Rodriguez was back in the lineup a day after he was struck on his left leg by Berkman's grounder during batting practice Saturday and missed the Yankees' win. A-Rod was feeling so good Sunday, he stole his first base since May 8. It was his 300th career steal. Moseley (2-1) gave up two runs in 6 1-3 innings. Twins 5, Indians 4: At Cleveland, Jim Thome hit a two-run shot for career homer No. 578 as the Twins rallied for five runs in the fifth to pull within a half-game of the AL Central-leading White Sox. Thome's drive against his former team came against David Huff (2-11), helping the Twins take two of three in the series and earn their 12th win in 16 games. Orioles 4, White Sox 3: At Baltimore, Jeremy Guthrie outpitched Mark Buehrle as the surging Orioles won for the fifth time in six games under new manager Buck Showalter. Tigers 9, Angels 4: At Detroit, Johnny Damon drove in three runs, while Alex Avila and Will Rhymes had two RBIs apiece as the Tigers ended a four-game losing streak. Mariners 3, Royals 2: At Seattle, Jason Vargas allowed one run in six solid innings to win his seventh game at home, while Casey Kotchman's two-run single in the sixth gave Seattle the lead for good. Athletics 3, Rangers 2: At Oakland, Kurt Suzuki hit a tiebreaking sacrifice fly in the seventh inning and Trevor Cahill allowed six hits through eight as the Athletics beat the first
