UNDATED (AP) – There was quite a pitchers’ duel last night in the Bronx.

Hiroki Kuroda two-hit the Rangers in the Yankees’ 3-0 shutout of Texas. Nick Swisher and Mark Teixeira greeted Alexi Ogando with back-to-back homers in the seventh inning to account for the Bombers’ runs. Ogando was on in relief of All-Star lefty Matt Harrison.

Kuroda had a no-hitter until Elvis Andrus led off the seventh with an infield single. Kuroda picked up his 11th victory of the year and lowered his ERA to 3.06.

The Yanks now lead the AL East by six games over Tampa Bay and Baltimore.

Texas still leads the AL West by six games over Oakland after the Athletics were shut out 5-0 at Kansas City. Jeremy Guthrie gave up only three singles while striking out a season-high eight over seven innings.

The Rays lost a game in the AL East standings by blowing a 2-1 lead in the ninth inning of a 3-2 loss at Seattle. Fernando Rodney gave up a sacrifice fly to Justin Smoak and a game-winning single to Eric Thames after Matt Moore limited the Mariners to a run and six hits while striking out nine in seven innings.

In other American League play, Jose Quintana allowed two runs and eight hits over 6 2/3 innings as the Chicago White Sox topped Toronto 3-2. Quintana won for the first time in his last six starts and helped the White Sox won in Toronto for only the fourth time in 21 games since 2007.

Detroit remains two games behind the Central-leading White Sox after Miguel Cabrera delivered an RBI single and a run-scoring double in the Tigers’ 8-4 win at Minnesota. Cabrera is the first player with 100 RBIs this year, and the third in Tigers history to drive in 100 in five straight seasons.

Mark Reynolds homered twice and drove in four runs as Baltimore whipped Boston 7-1 to stay six games behind the East-leading Yankees. Wei-Yin Chen gave up one run, nine hits and a walk in six-plus innings to pick up his 11th win and help the Orioles move 10 games over .500 for the first time since late June.

The Angels were 9-6 winners over Cleveland as Albert Pujols crushed a three-run homer and had four RBIs. Zack Greinke gave up four runs over seven innings to claim his first win since being acquired from Milwaukee late last month.

Over to the National League, where Madison Bumgarner went the distance on a five-hitter to pitch San Francisco to a 6-1 win over Washington. Bumgarner took a shutout into the seventh and pitched the Giants to their first victory over the Nationals in five tries this season.

Brandon Belt had three hits and drove in three runs, including an RBI single during the Giants’ four-run eighth.

With the victory, the Giants stay in a first-place tie with Los Angeles in the NL West. The Nationals saw their lead in the East trimmed to 4 1/2 games over Atlanta.

The Dodgers tied their season high for runs in a game. Luis Cruz tied career highs with three hits and three RBIs as Los Angeles hammered Pittsburgh 11-0. Chad Billingsley allowed only five hits in eight innings to pitch Kevin Correia (koh-RAY’-uh), who had won seven consecutive decisions before surrendering five runs in six innings.

The Pirates are six games behind the Central-leading Reds following their fifth loss in six games.

Jay Bruce belted a three-run homer in the bottom of the ninth to give Cincinnati a 3-0 win over the New York Mets. Matos Latos (LAY’-tohs) had to settle for a no-decision despite limiting the Mets to five hits in seven shutout innings.

St. Louis remains seven games behind the Reds after Matt Holliday socked a two-run homer and John Jay added a solo shot to give the Cardinals a 3-0 lead in an 8-2 rout of Arizona. Rookie Joe Kelly allowed six hits in 6 1/3 innings, blanking the Diamondbacks into Miguel Montero’s two-run shot in the seventh.

Tim Hudson combined with three relievers on a five-hitter as Atlanta blanked San Diego 6-0 to end a two-game skid. Martin Prado launched a three-run homer and Dan Uggla added a solo shot to power the Braves to their 15th victory in 20 games.

Kyle Kendrick gave up five hits in seven innings as the Phillies shut out the Marlins for the second straight night, this time 1-0. Neither team scored after Jimmy Rollins led off the game with a homer, sending manager Charlie Manuel to his 700th career victory.

The Astros won for only the third time in their last 28 road games as Brett Wallace and Fernando Martinez each hit three-run homers in a 10-1 laugher against the Cubs. Lucas Harrell gave up a run and six hits in eight innings for his 10th win.

UNDATED (AP) – Boston Red Sox infielder Dustin Pedroia says he believes none of the team’s problems this season should be attributed to first-year manager Bobby Valentine.

Pedroia addressed a report from Yahoo! Sports that he complained about Valentine’s performance at a meeting with team owner John Henry and team president Larry Lucchino last month. Pedroia says has a “great” relationship with Valentine and will go out there and play for him any day of the week.

Yahoo! Sports said Pedroia and teammate Adrian Gonzalez were “the most vocal” at a July 27 meeting in New York.

METAIRIE, La. (AP) – New Orleans owner Tom Benson has met with NFL commissioner Roger Goodell (guh-DEHL’) in New York to discuss matters concerning both the team and the league. While the NFL and the Saints are providing very few details, Saints spokesman Greg Bensel says the meeting was productive and that Benson looks forward to many more discussions with the commissioner.

The meeting comes amid the backdrop of lawsuits filed by current and former Saints players who’ve challenged the findings of the NFL’s bounty investigation.

Goodell has used the NFL’s findings as the basis for season-long suspensions of Saints head coach Sean Payton and defensive captain Jonathan Vilma.

TORONTO (AP) – The NHL Players’ Association has made its first contract proposal, less than five weeks before a league-imposed deadline for reaching an agreement.

Union head Donald Fehr (feer) says players are prepared to surrender as much as $465 million in revenue over three years under the proposal if the league continues to grow at an average rate. That figure could swell to $800 if growth holds at the same rate as the last two seasons. However, the proposal also contains a player-controlled fourth-year option that would see the CBA revert to its current terms.

The union is also willing to limit long-term contracts to five years.

The NHL last month made its proposal that featured a 20 percent reduction of players’ share of revenues and limitations to free agency.

The current CBA expires Sept. 15. The NHL has said there will be a lockout if a new agreement isn’t in place by then.

NEW YORK (AP) – The Big East has hired CBS executive vice president Mike Aresco to be commissioner of a conference now in rebuilding mode.

Aresco has been a vice president in charge of programming for CBS since 1996. He’s handled the network’s contract negotiations with the NCAA for the rights to the men’s basketball tournament, and he’s also negotiated CBS’s 15-year deal with the Southeastern Conference.

AMERICAN LEAGUE
Baltimore 7 Boston 1
N-Y Yankees 3 Texas 0
Chi White Sox 3 Toronto 2
Detroit 8 Minnesota 4
Kansas City 5 Oakland 0
L.A. Angels 9 Cleveland 6
Seattle 3 Tampa Bay 2

NATIONAL LEAGUE
L.A. Dodgers 11 Pittsburgh 0
Cincinnati 3 N-Y Mets 0
Philadelphia 1 Miami 0
Atlanta 6 San Diego 0
Houston 10 Chi Cubs 1
St. Louis 8 Arizona 2
Colorado 8 Milwaukee 6
San Francisco 6 Washington 1