Yankees rally, sink Blue Jays

A day after brawling in the Bronx, the Blue Jays and Yankees made it through nine innings calmly on the first chilly night of late summer, and the Yankees came away with their 14th walkoff win.

Without Jorge Posada, serving the first of a three-game suspension for his role in Tuesday night’s fight, New York rallied against Scott Downs on Matsui’s 25th homer.

Brett Gardner, who entered an inning earlier, singled off Jason Frasor (6-3) leading off the ninth. He times all pitchers to the plate, and had Frasor at 1.2 seconds on his first two pitches to Derek Jeter, who fell behind 0-2 and fouled off a pitch. Gardner then took off for second, estimating Frasor took 1.4 seconds to get the ball to the plate, and he made it safely.

Athletics 4, Rangers 0 - Trevor Cahill limited host Texas to one hit over seven innings and last-place Oakland completed a three-game series sweep.

The Rangers are 1-5 on this homestand, and have scored only one run in their four-game losing streak.

Texas, which now has 17 games left, is 6 1/2 games behind wild-card leader Boston.

Dodgers 3, Pirates 1 - Matt Kemp hit a go-ahead, two-run homer in the sixth inning, Ronnie Belliard added a solo shot in the eighth, and host Los Angeles beat last-place Pittsburgh to complete a three-game sweep.

Kemp sent an 0-and-2 pitch from Kevin Hart (1-6) into the right-field pavilion for his 24th homer, driving in Belliard and giving the Dodgers a 2-1 lead en route to their 38th comeback win of the season.

Belliard made it 3-1 in the eighth, hitting the first pitch from Phil Dumatrait over the wall in center

Phillies 6, Nationals 1 - Joe Blanton tossed six scoreless innings, Jayson Werth hit a grand slam, and host Philadelphia beat Washington.

Blanton (10-7) allowed five hits and struck out seven. The Phillies were one out away from recording three consecutive shutouts for the first time in 40 years when Willie Harris singled in a run off Tyler Walker.

Rockies 4, Giants 3 - Jorge De La Rosa pitched eight scoreless innings to win his sixth straight start against host San Francisco and Troy Tulowitzki homered to help Colorado avoid a sweep.