TORONTO: Mark Buehrle became the first nine-game winner in the majors, while Edwin Encarnacion and Adam Lind hit back-to-back home runs as the Toronto Blue Jays extended their winning streak to eight games, beating the Tampa Bay Rays 9-6 on Tuesday night.

Juan Francisco also homered for the AL East-leading Blue Jays, who have won 13 of 15 and are 19-7 in May.

Buehrle (9-1) allowed four runs, three earned, and eight hits in 6 2-3 innings. Casey Janssen finished for his eighth save in eight chances.

Encarnacion connected for the 14th time in May, matching Jose Bautista's team record for home runs in a month. Bautista hit 14 homers in June 2012.

Sean Rodriguez had three RBIs for the Rays, who lost their second straight following a season-best four-game winning streak.

Rays right-hander Alex Cobb (1-2) allowed six runs and nine hits in five innings.

Tigers 6 Athletics 5: In Oakland, California, pinch-runner Rajai Davis scored on Austin Jackson's fielder's choice groundout in the eighth inning to help Detroit halt a three-game losing streak.

J.D. Martinez drew a one-out walk off Oakland reliever Fernando Abad (0-2). Davis was brought in to run and the speedy outfielder took second on a passed ball. He then stole third when A's catcher Derek Norris was throwing the ball back to Abad.

After Luke Gregerson replaced Abad, Jackson hit a sharp grounder to Oakland shortstop Jed Lowrie, but the A's were unable to turn the double play and Davis raced home with the go-ahead run.

Miguel Cabrera and Torii Hunter homered for the Al Central-leading Tigers.

John Jaso homered for the A's.

Angels 6 Mariners 4: In Seattle, Jered Weaver gave up three runs over six innings for his fifth win in six starts and C.J. Cron homered to lead Los Angeles.

Weaver (6-3) gave up seven hits and a walk while striking out five. Weaver has lasted at least six innings in nine of his 11 starts this season, and this was the first time in eight outings he allowed more than two runs.

Cron led off the seventh inning with his third homer since making his major league debut on May 3.

Ernesto Frieri pitched the ninth for his seventh save.

Smoak led off the fourth inning with his seventh home run for Seattle, which had won five of the last six meetings between the teams this season.

Twins 4 Rangers 3: In Minneapolis, Texas closer Joakim Soria bobbled a slow-bouncing ball hit by Minnesota's Danny Santana to the left of the mound with two outs and the bases loaded in the ninth inning, allowing the winning run to score.

The day began ominously for the Rangers when star pitcher Yu Darvish was scratched from his scheduled start with stiffness in his neck. Fill-in Scott Baker gave up three hits over six innings and Chris Gimenez hit a tiebreaking two-out RBI single in the sixth off Phil Hughes.

But Soria (1-2) took his first blown save in nine chances with a shaky ninth inning patched together by the Twins, who ended their four-game losing streak.

Astros 3 Royals 0: In Kansas City, Collin McHugh held light-hitting Kansas City at bay over seven innings, and Houston earned its first four-game winning streak since last September.

The Astros own the worst record in the AL, but have won four in a row on the road for the first time since taking six straight away from Minute Maid Park last May 29-June 3.

Houston rookie George Springer's homer streak ended at four games. He hit two flyballs to the warning track and finished 1 for 4.

Matt Dominguez hit an RBI single in the fourth and Houston tacked on two more runs off reliever Tim Collins in the eighth.