Players streamed from the Texas dugout after closer Neftali Feliz retired Cliff Pennington on a fly ball to left field for the final out with the potential tying run on second base.

The Rangers became the second big league club to lock up a postseason spot this season, joining the AL Central champion Minnesota Twins.

Texas is the only current major league franchise never to win a playoff series. The Rangers won three AL West crowns from 1996-99, their only postseason appearances, but lost in the first round to the New York Yankees each time.

Cantu hit a solo shot off Michael Wuertz (2-3) in the eighth, his first homer since being traded from Florida to Texas on July 29, and the Rangers hung on. Darren O’Day (5-2) pitched a scoreless inning and Feliz got four outs for his 38th save — breaking the previous rookie record of 37 set by Seattle’s Kazuhiro Sasaki in 2000.

Rays 9 Mariners 1: In St. Petersburg, Florida, Matt Garza allowed one run over seven innings and the AL East-leading Tampa Bay Rays beat Seattle for their fourth straight victory.

Matt Joyce and B.J. Upton homered for the Rays, who moved 1 1/2 games ahead of the New York Yankees. Tampa Bay, bidding for its second division title in three years, has a magic number of two (any combination of Rays wins or Boston losses) to clinch a playoff berth.

Red Sox 7 Yankees 3: In New York, Jon Lester took a no-hit bid into the sixth inning and became the first Boston left-hander in 57 years to win 19 games, leading the Red Sox to the victory.

Lester (19-8) was overpowering before Francisco Cervelli singled off the glove of diving rookie Daniel Nava in left field with one out in the sixth. Lester wound up allowing two hits in seven shutout innings. He won his sixth straight start, extended his scoreless innings streak to 15 and lowered his ERA to 2.96.

Lester joined Jesse Tannehill (1904-05), Ray Collins (1913-14), Dutch Leonard (1914), Babe Ruth (1916-17), Lefty Grove (1935) and Mel Parnell (1949 and 1953) as the only Red Sox left-handers to win 19.

Boston closed within 5 1/2 games of New York in the AL wild-card race. The Red Sox have eight games left — four against the Yankees, including Sunday night’s series finale.

Tigers 11  Twins 10, 13 innings: In Detroit, Brandon Inge singled home the winning run in the 13th inning and Detroit damaged Minnesota’s chances of earning home-field advantage throughout the AL playoffs.

The AL Central champions fell a game behind Tampa Bay in the race for the best record in the American League.

Blue Jays 5 Orioles 4, 11 innings: In Toronto, Lyle Overbay hit a game-ending homer in the 11th inning to lift Toronto to the win.

Edwin Encarnacion , Aaron Hill and Travis Snider also had solo drives for the Blue Jays, who lead the major leagues with 241 home runs this season, including a baseball-best 140 at home. Toronto hit a team-record 244 homers in 2000.

The Blue Jays have won 13 straight home games over the Orioles. Baltimore’s last victory in Toronto was a 7-5 win on Aug. 7, 2009.

White Sox 6 Angels 2: In Anaheim, California, John Danks pitched eight impressive innings, Manny Ramirez capped a four-run third with an RBI double and Juan Pierre pushed across a run with a suicide squeeze to lead Chicago over Los Angeles.

Danks (14-11) allowed two runs and seven hits to establish a career high for wins. The left-hander’s first victory since Sept. 4 ended a drought of 18 consecutive starts by White Sox pitchers without a win — a franchise record. The rotation was 0-9 with a 6.45 ERA during that 18-game stretch.

The White Sox improved to 82-72, ensuring Ozzie Guillen of his fifth winning record in seven seasons as manager.

Indians 7 Royals 1: In Cleveland, Shin-Soo Choo had four hits and Cleveland beat Zack Greinke for the first time in two years, moving out of last place in the AL Central with a victory over Kansas City.

Jeanmar Gomez (4-5) pitched five solid innings to win for the first time beating Baltimore on Aug. 12.

Greinke (9-14) lasted just 3 2-3 innings in his second-shortest outing of the season. He was charged with seven runs and a season-high 11 hits.

The reigning AL Cy Young Award winner was 5-0 with a 2.73 ERA in his previous nine starts against Cleveland, including a 2-0 record with a 3.15 ERA in three outings this season.