Rodriguez will take his pursuit of 600 home runs on the road after failing to reach the milestone for the third straight day.

A-Rod hit an RBI double in the fourth and came to the plate with the bases loaded in the eighth. He was hit by a pitch from reliever Blake Wood near the left wrist and fell to the dirt.

Rodriguez was replaced by a pinch runner, and the Yankees pushed across five extra runs in the inning. The slugger said after the game that he was fine and expects to be in the lineup Monday night in Cleveland.

Phil Hughes (12-3) didn’t return after the rain delay, which lasted 2 hours, 32 minutes, but earned the win. He needed 95 pitches to get through 5 1-3 innings in another shaky start.

Robinson Cano drove in a pair of runs with two hits, giving him 1,000 for his career, while Derek Jeter added three hits and an RBI.

Scott Podsednik hit a pair of two-run homers for his third career multihomer game.

The Yankees gave themselves a big cushion early against Sean O’Sullivan (1-1), who beat them Tuesday night as a member of the Los Angeles Angels. He was traded to the Royals on Thursday.

Athletics 6  White Sox 4: At Oakland, Dallas Braden won for the first time in 10 starts since his perfect game May 9, ending a five-game losing streak in Oakland’s victory over Chicago.

Kurt Suzuki drove in three runs two days after receiving a $16 million, four-year contract, and Daric Barton hit a two-run single.

Paul Konerko gave Chicago an early lead on an RBI double in the first. After that, Braden (5-7) retired 13 of the next 14 White Sox hitters. This was the lefty’s second start since coming off the disabled list July 20 following a bout with tightness in his throwing elbow.

Braden left in the seventh to a rousing ovation, the A’s well on their way to a fourth win in five games and ninth in 11.

Rangers 6  Angels 4: At Arlington, Texas, Josh Hamilton drove in three runs, Tommy Hunter pitched into the seventh inning to remain unbeaten and the Rangers beat the Angels.

AL West-leading Texas won three of four in the series to build a seven-game lead over the second-place Angels, who got a boost earlier in the day when they acquired right-hander Dan Haren in a trade with the Arizona Diamondbacks.

Mariners 4  Red Sox 2: At Seattle, Michael Saunders lined a two-run single off reliever Hideki Okajima in the eighth inning to give Seattle the lead, pinch-hitter Milton Bradley’s squeeze bunt added another run and the Mariners rallied past Boston.

Seattle salvaged a split of the four-game series and sent Boston into the final stage of its 10-game West Coast trip now eight games behind the first-place Yankees in the AL East.

Brandon League (8-6) got the win and David Aardsma earned his 18th save in 22 chances.

Seattle’s rally ruined a strong effort by Red Sox starter Daisuke Matsuzaka . Okajima (3-3) took the loss.

Rays 4  Indians 2: At Cleveland, Reid Brignac hit a three-run homer that helped Wade Davis remain unbeaten in July, and Tampa Bay beat Cleveland.

Brignac connected off Justin Masterson (3-9) in the second inning to put the Rays ahead 3-1.

Twins 10 Orioles 4: At Baltimore, Jason Kubel hit his seventh career grand slam, Kevin Slowey took a five-hitter into the seventh inning and Minnesota beat Baltimore to end a run of four consecutive road series losses.

Kubel’s drive off rookie Jake Arrieta (3-3) in the third sparked a surge of 10 straight Minnesota runs. It was his second slam of the season; the other came off Yankees closer Mariano Rivera in May.

Delmon Young and Jim Thome hit successive solo homers off Mark Hendrickson in the sixth for the Twins.

Thome’s 12th of the season upped his career total to 576. Thome also moved out of a deadlock with Mike Schmidt on the career RBI list and into a tie with George Brett (1,596) for 32nd place.

Jason Repko also connected for the Twins, who finished with 19 hits — including three apiece from Kubel, Danny Valencia , Nick Punto and Alexi Casilla .

Blue Jays 5  Tigers 3, 1st game

Tigers 6  Blue Jays 5, 2nd game: At Detroit, Ryan Raburn’s three-run double in the eighth inning capped a four-run rally that carried injury-depleted Detroit past Toronto for a split of their day-night doubleheader.

In the opener, Lyle Overbay hit a tiebreaking, two-run homer with two outs in the ninth off All-Star reliever Jose Valverde (1-2).

Miguel Cabrera hit an RBI double into the right-field corner off Jason Frasor (3-3) with one out in the eighth inning of the nightcap, cutting Detroit’s deficit to 4-3. It scored Austin Jackson , who led off with a single, and sent pinch-hitter Ramon Santiago , who was hit by a pitch, to third. Brennan Boesch was intentionally walked to load the bases and Raburn ripped Frasor’s pitch into left-center.

Phil Coke (6-1) pitched a scoreless inning for the win. Valverde allowed Dewayne Wise’s home run leading off the ninth but earned his 21st save in 22 chances.

Jose Bautista hit his major league-leading 27th homer for the Blue Jays, who squandered a 4-0 lead.

Toronto, which leads the majors with 148 homers, scored all its runs in the first game on long balls. Jose Molina and Vernon Wells also homered, along with Overbay.

Scott Downs (4-5) escaped an eighth-inning jam to earn the win and Kevin Gregg pitched the ninth for his 23rd save in 27 opportunities.