Blue Jays edge out Yankees

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American League

Gabe Gross hit his first major league home run and John Gibbons won his first game as interim manager as the Toronto Blue Jays edged the New York Yankees 5-4 at Yankee Stadium.

The struggling Blue Jays (48-64) took a 5-0 lead on Yankee starter Esteban Loaiza and hung on for the win in their first game since firing manager Carlos Tosca on Sunday.

Josh Towers got the victory for the Blue Jays, allowing two runs on five hits over seven innings to win for the fifth time in his last six starts.

Jason Frasor gave up two runs in the ninth but still managed to record his 15th save of the season.

Toronto had 12 hits in the game to end a five-game losing streak.

Orlando Hudson had three hits and scored a run for the Blue Jays, while Frank Catalanotto added two hits and scored a pair of runs.

Chris Woodward had two hits and an RBI and Gross had two hits, including his two-run home run in the sixth.

Loaiza (9-6) had his second rocky start since joining the Yankees from the Chicago White Sox. He allowed five runs - four earned - on 10 hits over six innings.

Melvin Mora hit a pair of home runs as the Baltimore Orioles extended their winning streak to seven games with a 7-3 victory over the Texas Rangers.

The Orioles completed a four-game series sweep with the win.

In Minneapolis, Rich Harden led the Oakland Athletics to an 8-2 win over the Minnesota Twins.

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National League

Vinny Castilla thumped a two-run double in the eighth inning to help the Colorado Rockies win 4-2 at the Philadelphia Phillies in the only National League game.

Trailing 2-1 going into the eighth inning, the Rockies scored three runs off reliever Todd Jones to take the opener of the four-game series.

Luis Gonzalez homered to tie the game in the eighth and Preston Wilson accounted for the other Colorado run with a seventh-inning homer off starter Eric Milton.

Tim Harikkala picked up two outs to notch the win before Shawn Chacon threw a scoreless ninth inning for his 27th save of the season.

Starter Jamey Wright went 6 2/3 innings before being replaced by Harikkala.

Milton had a no-hitter until the fifth and ended up pitching seven innings, allowing one run on three hits with eight strikeouts and two walks.

But Jones, making his first appearance with the Phillies after being acquired on 31 July, gave up three runs on three hits in one inning to suffer a loss.