Austin Kearns and Jorge Posada also homered for the Yankees, who notched another win minus slugger Alex Rodriguez . New York is a confounding 12-0 this season without the three-time MVP, placed on the 15-day disabled list Saturday with a strained left calf.

Cano is a big reason for all that success. Making his own bid for an MVP award, the All-Star second baseman launched his 25th home run in the fifth inning off Luke French (2-4) gave up Cano’s 25th homer.

Sabathia (17-5) held Seattle hitless until the fifth and became the AL’s first 17-game winner.

Rays 3 Athletics 2: In Oakland, California, Matt Garza came out on top in a matchup between pitchers who threw no-hitters this season, outpitching Dallas Braden for his career-high 13th win and leading Tampa Bay over the Athletics.

Garza (13-7) scattered four hits over 7 2-3 innings and overcame a balk that led to Oakland’s only run against him.

Braden (8-9) allowed only four hits but gave up all three Tampa Bay runs and took the loss. It’s only the second loss in six starts for the A’s lefty, who pitched a perfect game against the Rays on May 9.

Red Sox 5 Blue Jays 0: In Boston, Clay Buchholz pitched six innings of five-hit ball to lower his AL-best ERA to 2.26 and Bill Hall hit a two-run homer for the Red Sox.

The game began 1 hour, 44 minutes late and was stopped for 59 minutes by more rain with two outs in the top of the third of a scoreless tie.

Buchholz (15-5) extended his streak to 23 2-3 innings without allowing an earned run.

Rangers 6 Orioles 4: In Baltimore, Josh Hamilton and Vladimir Guerrero each hit three-run homers, Tommy Hunter earned his career-high 10th win and Texas beat Baltimore to split the four-game series.

The AL West-leading Rangers had lost 11 of 15 before the victory, which also snapped a 1-7 stretch on the road.

Luke Scott hit his 100th career homer and Ty Wigginton also connected for Baltimore, now 12-8 under manager Buck Showalter.

Hunter (10-2) gave up three runs and five hits over eight innings.

Royals 3 White Sox 2, 10 innings: In Kansas City, Missouri, Jason Kendall hit a game-ending single with two outs in the 10th inning to give the Royals a victory over the White Sox in the teams’ third extra-inning game in less than 24 hours.

Gregor Blanco walked with two outs and stole second and third before Kendall delivered the hit to left-center off Scott Linebrink (1-1).

The Royals and White Sox played three games totaling 9 hours, 32 minutes and 31 innings. They split a doubleheader Saturday night, the first game going 11 innings and the second 10, that did not end until 1:11 a.m. Sunday morning.

Sean O’Sullivan (2-4) worked a scoreless 10th to pick up his first victory since the Royals acquired him in a July 22 trade with the Los Angeles Angels.

Tigers 8 Indians 1: In Detroit, Justin Verlander pitched eight strong innings, rookie Will Rhymes had four hits and the Tigers completed a three-game sweep.

The Tigers outscored Cleveland 19-3 in the lopsided weekend series, and have had two three-game winning streaks and a three-game losing streak in their last nine games.

Verlander (14-8), who has struggled with high pitch counts early in games this season, didn’t throw his 100th pitch Sunday until the eighth inning. He gave up a run in the first and finished with eight strikeouts against seven hits and a walk.

Twins 4 Angels 0: In Minneapolis, Scott Baker pitched seven shutout innings, Michael Cuddyer had a bases-loaded double, and the Twins beat the Angels.

Danny Valencia homered for the Twins, who took two of three from Los Angeles.

Minnesota went 7-2 on its nine-game homestand to increase its lead in the AL Central to five games over struggling Chicago.

Valencia homered to open the fifth against Jered Weaver (11-9), and Cuddyer fouled off five straight pitches with two strikes before hitting his double to left-center.