The Twins lost 7-4 at home to the New York Yankees Thursday night. Masahiro Tanaka threw 7 innings with 9 hits and 4 earned runs allowed to get the win for the Yankees and he improves to 12-3.
Jason Vargas threw seven scoreless innings, Raul Ibanez homered in his second game for Kansas City and the Royals beat the Minnesota Twins 4-0 Wednesday.
Josh Willingham hit a two-run home run, Phil Hughes struck out a season-high nine to win in Toronto for the first time in almost three years and the Minnesota Twins beat the Blue Jays 7-2 on Wednesday.