Oakland Athletics beat the Toronto Blue Jays 4-1.

The New York Mets and the Colorado Rockies were also celebrating convincing victories, beating the San Francisco Giants 9-1 and St Louis Cardinals 8-2 respectively.

In San Francisco, Ronny Cedeno drove in five runs to equal his career high as the Mets won their first series in a month having defeated stumbling NL West pacesetters the Giants in three of four matches.

For the Rockies, Tyler Colvin hit a tiebreaking double in the seventh inning and rookie Josh Rutledge scored a home run for the fourth successive game as Colorado brought to an end a run of seven successive home defeats.

Twins topple Red Sox

The Minnesota Twins were also clear winners over the Boston Red Sox, with Samuel Deduno shutting out Boston on two hits over six innings in a 5-0 win.

The Kansas City Royals were made to work hard for their 7-6 victory over the Cleveland Indians.

The Royals got off to a flier with a six-run first inning but that advantage was erased by the sixth and it needed a Eric Hosmer run in the bottom of the 11th to secure the win for Kansas City .

Hosmer also homered in the first while Alcides Escobar gave the first walk-off hit of his career with two outs in the 11th inning.

Also, the Oakland Athletics beat the Toronto Blue Jays 4-1.