Garza faced the minimum 27 batters, allowing only a second-inning walk, for a team that’s often been on the wrong end of pitching gems lately.

The last time there were at least five no-hitters in a season was 1991, when Hall of Famer Nolan Ryan threw one of seven in the big leagues that year, according to STATS LLC.

Garza (11-5) struck out six in Tampa Bay’s 2,039th game — and on a night when the Rays struggled to generate much offense themselves.

Matt Joyce’s grand slam with two outs in the sixth was the first hit off Detroit starter Max Scherzer (7-8). The next batter, Jason Bartlett, singled for the only other hit of the night until Crawford homered in the eighth.

At Cleveland, Curtis Granderson hit a two-run shot and Alex Rodriguez missed out on his 600th homer as the Yankees beat the Indians.

Granderson connected with one out off Jake Westbrook (6-7), who held Rodriguez hitless in three at-bats and was clinging to a 2-1 lead. Jorge Posada reached on a one-out single before Granderson delighted the many Yankees fans in the crowd of 27,224 hoping to see homer history.

Rodriguez popped out to first against reliever Chris Perez in the ninth to finish an 0 for 4 night.

Shin-Soo Choo put Cleveland ahead 2-1 in the sixth with an RBI double off Javier Vasquez (9-7). Travis Hafner hit a solo homer in the second. It was the designated hitter’s fifth straight hit.

At Toronto, Jose Bautista hit his major league-leading 28th home run, Aaron Hill and Adam Lind also connected and Toronto beat Baltimore for the 10th straight time.

Hill hit a two-run homer in the fourth, and the Blue Jays smacked two more in the fifth. Bautista hit a three-run shot and Lind added a solo blast. Toronto leads baseball with 152 homers this season, including a league-high 37 in July. The Blue Jays also lead the majors with 82 homers in home games.

All three homers came off Brad Bergesen (3-9), who has lost seven straight decisions and has not won since May 12 against Seattle.

At Chicago, John Danks pitched eight solid innings to win his fourth consecutive start, helping the White Sox beat Felix Hernandez and the Mariners.

Juan Pierre and Alexei Ramirez each had three hits for the White Sox, who kicked off a seven-game homestand with their season-high eighth consecutive victory at US Cellular Field. It’s their longest home winning streak since a nine-game surge in 2008.

Danks (11-7) allowed a run and six hits, improving to 7-2 with a 2.83 ERA in his last nine outings. The left-hander is 3-0 with a 1.14 ERA in three starts against Seattle this season, including 7 2-3 crisp innings in Chicago’s 4-0 victory at Safeco Field last Tuesday.

At Kansas City, Missouri, Joe Mauer had five hits and a career-best seven RBIs and Danny Valencia went 4 for 4 with a grand slam for his first major league home run to lead Minnesota.

Mauer, the 2009 American League MVP, was 5 for 5 with three singles, a double and a three-run home run that made it 17-0 in the seventh. The five hits tied his career best as the Twins set a season-high in runs and tied their season-best with 20 hits.

Wilson Betemit’s RBI double off Anthony Slama with two out in the ninth prevented the Royals from suffering their worst shutout loss ever.

Nelson Liriano (9-7) threw seven shutout innings, allowing just three hits, with no walks and six strikeouts.

At Anaheim, Calfornia, David Ortiz hit two homers in the same stadium where he won the Home Run Derby nearly two weeks ago, and Clay Buchholz pitched seven strong innings Boston’s victory over Dan Haren and the slumping Angels.

Haren (0-1) struck out eight in his Angels debut before Kevin Youkilis’ fifth-inning line drive hit him in the right arm. Los Angeles traded four players to Arizona to land the three-time All-Star, whose bruised forearm will be re-evaluated Tuesday.

Hideki Matsui hit a two-run homer in the eighth for the Angels, but J.D. Drew hit a two-run double in the ninth for Boston.

Buchholz (11-5) gave up five hits and one run in his first win since a stint on the disabled list, but late-inning drama followed him.