ANAHEIM, Calif -A J Burnett struck out 11 in his second win since July, and New York won a series at Anaheim for the first time since May 2004 with a 3-2 victory over Los Angeles on Wednesday.
On Tuesday night, New York became the first major league team to clinch a playoff berth.
Robinson Cano hit a two-run single, and Melky Cabrera followed with an RBI double in the fourth inning for the Yankees.
Gary Matthews Jr. and Bobby Abreu drove in runs for the Angels.
Mariano Rivera pitched the ninth for his 42nd save, two behind the Angels Brian Fuentes for the major league lead.
Burnett (12-9) allowed seven hits and three walks in 5 2-3 innings.
Scott Kazmir (9-9) gave up six hits and three walks over six innings.
Tigers 11, Indians 3
CLEVELAND – Carlos Guillen hit two of Detroits three home runs and the Tigers sent Cleveland to its season-high 10th straight loss.
Rick Porcello (14-9) allowed one run and six hits over five innings as the Tigers won their third straight.
Guillen tied a season high with four RBIs. He hit a two-run homer in the third off right-hander Justin Masterson (4-9) and connected on the second pitch from left-hander Mike Gosling to make it 9-1 in the fifth. It was the fourth time in his career the switch-hitter went deep from both sides and his seventh multihomer game overall.
Miguel Cabrera had a two-run homer, a 440-foot shot into the bleachers in left-center in the fourth, for Detroit.
The Tigers got four straight hits and took advantage of a throwing error by first baseman Andy Marte to take a 4-0 lead in the first.
Blue Jays 7, Orioles 3
TORONTO – Travis Snider homered and had two RBIs and Scott Richmond won for the first time since June 24 as Toronto completed a three-game sweep.
Baltimore lost its season-high seventh straight and lost for the eighth time in nine games in Toronto this season. The Orioles have been outscored 48-19 over their losing streak.
Richmond (7-10) allowed three runs and five hits in five innings to win for the first time in 10 starts. The rookie, 0-6 since beating Cincinnati on June 24, walked four and struck out two.
Jeremy Guthrie (10-16), who has lost four of five, allowed seven runs, five earned, and eight hits in seven-plus innings. Five of the eight hits were for extra bases.
Rays 5, Mariners 4
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – B.J. Upton had three RBIs, including a go-ahead two-run single in the eighth, for Tampa Bay.
The Rays loaded the bases on a single and two walks with one out against Mark Lowe (2-7) in the eighth and Upton gave the Rays a 5-4 lead on his single to left.
Akinori Iwamura had two RBIs for the Rays, who are 6-3 since an 11-game losing skid. The defending AL champions, eliminated from playoff contention Tuesday, need to win four of their final 10 games to record a second-ever over .500 season.
Ichiro Suzuki hit an RBI single and Franklin Gutierrez had a run-scoring grounder to put Seattle ahead 3-0 in the fifth. The Mariners lost for the second time in seven games.
Russ Springer (1-4) got the final out in the eighth for the win. Randy Choate pitched the ninth for his fifth save.
