TORONTO — Lyle Overbay hears how great Roy Halladay is every time an opposing batter happens to make it to first against the Toronto ace.

"Day in and day out, everybody that gets on first base says he's the best," Overbay said. "The Yankees, the Red Sox, they're like 'It's not fair.'

"I'm glad I'm on his side, not the other side."

Halladay pitched a seven-hitter to become the first 10-game winner in the major leagues and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Kansas City Royals, 4-0, yesterday.

Halladay (10-1) needed just 97 pitches to record his 43rd career complete game and 12th career shutout. He was coming off a career-high 133 pitches in a complete-game victory over the Los Angeles Angels in his last start.

The right-hander allowed just seven singles while winning his seventh straight decision. He struck out six and walked none to win back-to-back complete games for the first time since May 8 and May 13, 2006.

Aaron Hill and Overbay homered for Toronto yesterday.

"It's the best run support I've had, that's for sure, and that makes a huge difference," Halladay said. "There were games early on where I didn't necessarily pitch great and we scored enough runs. It makes a huge difference and lets you get into the swing of things."

TIGERS 9, ANGELS 6:

Clete Thomas' grand slam broke an eighth-inning tie and host Detroit took advantage of a key error by first baseman Kendry Morales to beat Los Angeles. The Angels led 5-4 going into the bottom of the eighth, but Jose Arredondo (1-3) walked two and Jason Bugler walked another. Detroit scored the tying run on Morales' error before Thomas hit his first career slam.

YANKEES 4, RAYS 3:

Mariano Rivera bounced back from a poor outing, and host New York scored three runs in the eighth. The Yankees took advantage of two walks and an error by third baseman Willy Aybar in the eighth. Rivera pitched a perfect ninth for his 13th save — one day after giving up four runs in the ninth and taking the loss.

INDIANS 8, WHITE SOX 4:

Rookies Chris Gimenez and Luis Valbuena hit consecutive homers off Bartolo Colon, and visiting Cleveland beat Chicago. Victor Martinez and Shin-Soo Choo also hit back-to-back homers off Colon (3-6).

RANGERS 6, RED SOX 3:

Nelson Cruz homered, tripled and doubled, helping visiting Texas beat Boston for its first series win at Fenway Park in 12 years. Texas took two of three in a matchup of AL division leaders. Cruz's 17th homer, and 10th in his last 17 games drove in Texas' final run.

ATHLETICS 3, ORIOLES 0:

Vin Mazzaro pitched into the eighth inning and host Oakland beat Baltimore for its season-high sixth straight win. After Adam Jones led off the game with a single, Mazzaro (2-0) retired 15 of his next 16 hitters.

MARINERS 4, TWINS 2:

Jose Lopez homered and drove in two runs, leading Erik Bedard and host Seattle past Minnesota. Russell Branyan and Jamie Burke also homered for the Mariners.

NATIONAL LEAGUE

DIAMONDBACKS 9, PADRES 6:

Mark Reynolds hit a three-run homer off infielder Josh Wilson with two outs in the 18th inning, sending visiting Arizona over San Diego in the longest major league game this season. The Padres were held hitless through nine extra innings. The game took 5 hours, 45 minutes. The Padres tied it at 6 on David Eckstein's three-run shot with two outs in the ninth.

ASTROS 6, PIRATES 4:

Matt Kata scored from second base on Miguel Tejada's infield single, snapping a seventh-inning tie for host Houston. Pirates shortstop Ramon Vazquez went to the turf to field Tejada's grounder, fumbled the ball and tried to get it to second base for an inning-ending force. But it wasn't in time and Kata never stopped running, putting Houston ahead 4-3.

PHILLIES 7, DODGERS 2:

Ryan Howard, Carlos Ruiz and Maui's Shane Victorino homered, and visiting Philadelphia beat Los Angeles. Antonio Bastardo (2-0) allowed two runs and seven hits over five-plus innings to win his second major league start. He struck out four.

ROCKIES 7, CARDINALS 2:

Ubaldo Jimenez threw eight innings of four-hit ball and Paul Phillips drove in three runs for visiting Colorado. Jimenez (4-6) allowed two runs, struck out nine and walked one. Phillips had a career-best four hits.

CUBS 6, REDS 3:

Alfonso Soriano led off the 14th inning with a home run to lead visiting Chicago. Soriano hit Mike Lincoln's first pitch into the seats in right-center. Mike Fontenot added an RBI single off Lincoln (1-1) and Reed Johnson doubled in a run for the Cubs.

GIANTS 3, MARLINS 2:

Tim Lincecum pitched three-hit ball into the eighth to win his fifth consecutive decision, and visiting San Francisco beat Florida. Bengie Molina had two RBIs to back Lincecum (5-1), who allowed two runs in 7 1/3 innings.

BRAVES 8, BREWERS 7:

Tommy Hanson faded after a strong start to his major league debut, but Chipper Jones hit two homers for host Atlanta. Hanson retired the first 10 batters before giving up seven runs, six earned, in six innings.

METS 7, NATIONALS 0:

Livan Hernandez allowed four singles in seven innings and visiting New York got off to a fast start with five runs in the first inning. Hernandez (5-1) walked four and struck out four.

NOTES

Braves: Atlanta general manager Frank Wren said he had no comment on a report Tom Glavine may file a grievance against the team following his release Wednesday. Glavine said Friday he believes he was released for financial reasons and to clear a roster spot for Tommy Hanson, who started yesterday. Glavine would have received a $1 million bonus if he had been activated from the disabled list for yesterday's start, as he expected.

Pirates: Pittsburgh general manager Neal Huntington wrote an open letter to the team's fans explaining the decision to trade center fielder Nate McLouth to Atlanta wasn't financially motivated. The trade enraged fans and Pirates' players.