The Associated Press

TORONTO - Dave Berg homered and tied a career high with four RBI as the Toronto Blue Jays set a franchise record for victories in any month with a 10-7 win over the slumping Boston Red Sox on Saturday.

Mike Bordick hit a two-run homer in a five-run sixth inning for the Blue Jays, who went 21-8 in May. Toronto had twice won 20 games in a month.

"No other Blue Jay team has had 21 wins a month? Wow, that's special to be a part of," said Tom Wilson, who went 3-for-4 with three runs scored. "Everything is clicking right now."

Manny Ramirez and Kevin Millar homered for the Red Sox, who lost their season-high fourth in a row.

The Blue Jays went 10-18 in April but have played especially well against top AL East competition to close this month. They swept a four-game series in New York last weekend and have taken the first two games of this series against Boston.

"It certainly makes up for last month," Toronto manager Carlos Tosca said. "Hopefully, we can continue to play this well."

Toronto leads the majors in runs, hits and total bases. The Blue Jays have scored 112 runs in the last 16 games.

Mariners 5, Twins 2

MINNEAPOLIS - Edgar Martinez and Ichiro Suzuki hit solo home runs, backing Ryan Franklin and leading Seattle to its fifth straight victory.

The Mariners beat Minnesota for the third straight day. They'll go for a four-game sweep at the Metrodome today.

Franklin (4-3) gave up two runs and seven hits in seven innings.

Tigers 4, Yankees 2

DETROIT - Dmitri Young hit a tiebreaking RBI single in the seventh inning.

The loss was New York's second in its last 11 games against the Tigers and ended its three-game winning streak.

Adam Bernero (1-6) ended his team-record 17-start winless streak, allowing two runs on three hits and a walk in seven innings.

Athletics 7, Royals 6

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Eric Byrnes hit a three-run homer with two outs in the ninth inning off Kansas City closer Mike MacDougal, and Oakland rallied to beat the error-plagued Royals. Byrnes extended his hitting streak to 21 games when he connected against MacDougal (1-3) for a 7-5 lead. MacDougal has blown four of 16 save chances.

Angels 6, Devil Rays 1

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - Kevin Appier came within one strike of his first shutout since 2001. Travis Lee hit an RBI double on a 2-2 pitch with two outs in the ninth inning for Tampa Bay's only run.