By the numbers

144

Consecutive games in which Detroit’s Placido Polanco has not committed an error, a major league record for second basemen.

8

Runs pitcher Eric Gagne gave up in four months with Texas this season. He has given up seven in four innings since being traded to the Boston Red Sox.

2,040

Career wins for New York Yankees coach Joe Torre, tying him with Walter Alston for eighth on the all-time list.

250

Consecutive at-bats without a home run for Kansas City Royals’ Mark Teahen before going long in the win over the Blue Jays. Teahen led Kansas City in home runs in 2006 with 18.