Colon cools Rangers' hot bats

ARLINGTON, Texas — Bartolo Colon allowed just three singles in seven innings against Texas' powerful lineup, and Anaheim beat the AL West-leading Rangers 11-1 on Thursday.

Ex-Stinger Robb Quinlan had four hits for the Angels, who snapped a four-game losing streak and won for only the second time in seven games.

The Rangers lost for just the second time in the same stretch since the All-Star break. Third-place Anaheim is still five games behind Texas.

Colon (8-8) limited Texas to two singles by Eric Young and Laynce Nix's run-scoring hit in the seventh.

Rangers starter Ricardo Rodriguez (3-1), who entered the game with a string of 15 1-3 consecutive scoreless innings, broke his right elbow when he was struck by Quinlan's liner to start the fourth.

YANKEES 1, BLUE JAYS 0: At New York, Ruben Sierra gave the New York Yankees a win after Orlando Hernandez gave the frail pitching rotation a big boost heading into their weekend series at Fenway Park. After El Duque bewildered Toronto for seven innings, Sierra homered with two outs in the ninth to lift New York over the Blue Jays for a two-game sweep. Ted Lilly pitched 6 2/3 innings against his former team, and New York was outhit 5-3 before the ninth.

But after Vinnie Chulk (0-2) struck out Gary Sheffield and Alex Rodriguez to open the inning, Sierra connected for his 12th homer of the season. It was Sierra's first game-ending home run since April 1989 off Texas' Tom Henke.

Toronto lost for the ninth time in 10 games.

Hernandez frustrated the Blue Jays in his third start since returning from a 1 1/2-year layoff caused by a shoulder injury.

El Duque, who won his first two starts, allowed four hits, walked one and struck out 10, reaching double digits for the fifth time in his career, the first since he fanned 11 at Oakland on April 23, 2002.

Tom Gordon pitched the eighth and Mariano Rivera (1-0) completed the five-hitter with a one-hit ninth.

Orioles 8, Red Sox 3, 1st game

Red Sox 4, Orioles 0, 2nd game