AL roundup: CC Sabathia picks up win No. 20 for Yankees

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BALTIMORE — CC Sabathia became a 20-game winner for the first time in his stellar career, pitching the New York Yankees past the Baltimore Orioles 11-3 Saturday night.

Sabathia (20-6) leads the majors in victories. He twice finished seasons with 19 wins, and succeeded this year in his third try at No. 20.

Sabathia already had a Cy Young Award, a World Series championship and several All-Star selections to his credit over 10 seasons. Winning 20 games was about the only thing missing on his pitching resume.

The big lefty allowed three runs on seven hits over seven innings for the AL East leaders. Sabathia, denied the milestone win in a home loss to the Orioles on Sept. 7, walked one and struck out four, improving to 14-2 all-time against Baltimore.

Robinson Cano and Curtis Granderson homered for the Yankees. Cano's two-run shot put the second baseman at 101 RBIs. That gave the Yankees three infielders with 100 or more RBIs in a single season for the first time in franchise history — first baseman Mark Teixeira and third baseman Alex Rodriguez previously reached the mark.

Jeremy Guthrie (10-14) took the loss.

RAYS 4, ANGELS 3, 10 INNINGS: At St. Petersburg, Fla., Carlos Pena hit a tying single with two outs in the ninth inning for Tampa Bay, then shortstop Brandon Wood's throwing error with two outs in the 10th lifted the Rays over the Los Angeles Angels. The Rays stayed one-half game behind New York in the AL East, and continued to hold a sizable lead over Boston in the wild-card race. Reid Brignac opened the Rays 10th with a double off Bobby Cassevah (0-2), and pinch-runner Jason Bartlett went on third on John Jaso's grounder. Slumping Ben Zobrist walked, Carl Crawford popped out and Evan Longoria was intentionally walked to load the bases. Willy Aybar hit a grounder on a full-count pitch up the middle that Wood fielded, but he made a wild throw. Rafael Soriano (3-2) threw a perfect 10th.

BLUE JAYS 4, RED SOX 3: At Boston, Jose Batista hit his major league-leading 49th homer, extending his own club record set one night earlier, and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Boston Red Sox. Batista's homer in the first inning sailed over the Green Monster seats and into a parking lot across the street. The Blue Jays' slugger established the franchise home run record in Friday's win. George Bell held the previous mark with 47, set in 1987. Ricky Romero (13-9) pitched six innings for the win. Kevin Gregg got three outs for his 33rd save. Josh Beckett (5-5) gave up three earned runs and 10 hits in seven innings.