Melky Cabrera and Alexei Ramirez homered and John Danks struck out eight as the Chicago White Sox beat the New York Yankees 8-2 on Saturday night.
Brian McCann hit his 17th homer for the AL East-leading Yankees, who could muster only five hits.
Baltimore gained a game on the Yankees by beating Detroit 6-2
Toronto remains 6 games back of New York.
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The Mets gained a game on the Nationals by beating Washington 3-2 in a come-from-behind win.
New York is now only one game out of first place.
The crowd was the second largest ever for a Mets game at Citi Field.