TORONTO -- The surging Toronto Blue Jays won their 11th straight game Thursday, beating the Oakland Athletics 4-2 behind Mark Buehrle's arm and Ryan Goins' bat.
The AL East leaders, who also won 11 in a row in June, became the first team to post a pair of winning streaks of at least 11 since Cleveland in 1954. Toronto finished off a three-game sweep and hosts the second-place Yankees in a three-game set beginning Friday night.
Buehrle (13-5) won his fourth straight decision and improved to 8-1 in 14 starts since May 29. He allowed two runs and seven hits in seven-plus innings.
Blue Jays starters have permitted three earned runs or fewer in 17 straight games, one shy of the club record.
Goins hit a three-run homer during a four-run second against Jesse Chavez (6-12). Chavez moved up a day to start in place of AL ERA leader Sonny Gray, who was scratched because of back spasms (see full recap).
Mets blow out Rockies
NEW YORK -- Curtis Granderson and Kelly Johnson each homered and drove in three runs, powering the New York Mets to a 12-3 rout of the Colorado Rockies that completed a four-game sweep Thursday.
Noah Syndergaard recovered nicely from a rocky start for his latest win at Citi Field, where the Mets have won 10 straight against Colorado. With their seventh consecutive home win and 11th in 13 games overall, the NL East leaders (63-52) moved 11 games over .500 for the first time since June 27, 2010.
Johnson broke a 3-all tie with a two-out RBI double in the third inning. Granderson hit his 20th homer in the fourth, a two-run shot off struggling rookie Eddie Butler (3-10).
Syndergaard (7-6) went seven innings and improved to 7-1 at Citi Field. The 22-year-old rookie got tagged for first-inning homers by DJ LeMahieu and Nolan Arenado.
That snapped New York's scoreless streak at 23 innings. It was the club's longest since a run that lasted exactly as long in June 2012 (see full recap).
Pirates score 7 in 1st to beat Cards
ST. LOUIS -- Pedro Alvarez homered in a seven-run first inning and the Pittsburgh Pirates broke an eight-game losing streak at Busch Stadium, beating the St. Louis Cardinals 10-5 Thursday night.
The Pirates moved within six games of the first-place Cardinals in the NL Central with their 12th victory in 18 games.
St. Louis, which won the first two in the series, has won the last seven sets between the teams at Busch Stadium.
Alvarez had three hits as the Pirates held on. The Cardinals closed their seven-run deficit to 7-5 in the seventh.
Francisco Liriano (8-6) pitched six innings.
Lance Lynn (9-7) got just two outs in the shortest of his 119 career starts (see full recap).
Yankees snap 5-game skid
CLEVELAND -- Brian McCann hit a three-run homer, Stephen Drew also connected and the New York Yankees broke a five-game losing streak with an 8-6 win over the Cleveland Indians on Thursday night.
New York remained a half-game behind Toronto, which has won 11 in a row, in the AL East. The teams begin a three-game series in Toronto on Friday night.
Limited to a total of six runs during their skid, the Yankees shook loose as McCann homered in the first inning. Drew hit a solo homer in the second, added an RBI double in the fourth and wound up scoring a career-high four runs.
Nathan Eovaldi (12-2) won his seventh straight decision, allowing four runs in 5 1/3 innings.
Andrew Miller, who blew his first save of the season Tuesday, allowed a run in the ninth on Carlos Santana's single. Miller is 25 for 26 in save situations.
Trevor Bauer (9-10) gave up six runs in 3 1/3 innings as Cleveland's four-game winning streak ended (see full recap).