Red Sox defeat Royals, 10-3
Associated Press
Boston 10, at Kansas City 3: David Ortiz homered and drove in three runs, and Clay Buchholz took a shutout into the seventh inning to help the Red Sox lower their magic number for the AL wild card to three.
at Oakland 12, at Texas 3: Jack Cust homered to help rookie Brett Anderson win his fourth straight start, Cliff Pennington hit a two-run triple and the Athletics salvaged a split of their four-game series.
Seattle 5, at Toronto 4: Felix Hernandez had a season-high 11 strikeouts, and Josh Wilson hit a tiebreaking two-run triple with two out in the eighth inning.
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