Wild Card watch - A's, Yankees both win, Indians 4GB for Wild Card

Published Sep. 2, 2013 10:18 p.m. ET

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OAKLAND, California (AP) -- Coco Crisp hit a tiebreaking two-run homer in the fifth that was confirmed by a video review as the Oakland Athletics pulled into a first-place tie with Texas atop the American League West by beating the Rangers 4-2 on Monday.
Yoenis Cespedes homered leading off the second inning and Chris Young added an RBI single in Oakland's fourth straight win.

NEW YORK (AP) -- Derek Jeter ended a slump with two hits and two RBIs, Alex Rodriguez reached base twice in an eight-run fourth inning and the Yankees beat the White Sox in a game interrupted for nearly two hours by rain.
A day after giving up seven runs in the seventh inning in a loss to wild card-rival Baltimore, the Yankees rocked reliever Dylan Axelrod and took advantage of the sloppy White Sox for their most productive inning since Oct. 1.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Will Smith had a career-high eight strikeouts in a dominant relief performance, helping Kansas City get the win.
Seattle ace Felix Hernandez (12-9) lost his fourth consecutive start. The ace right-hander allowed three runs and six hits in 6 2-3 innings.
The Royals are now one game behind the Indians for the second AL Wild Card.