Toronto Blue Jays slugger Jose Bautista will have season-ending surgery to stabilize a tendon in his left wrist.

Bautista said Tuesday that the recovery period is three to four months and he would be ready to play long before the start of spring training next year.

"There's just too much instability in that tendon and it got to the point where risking injuring the tendon was not worth it," Bautista said. "That's why we're opting to do it now."

Bautista was initially injured in an at-bat against the Yankees on July 16. He chose to give rest and rehab a try and he returned from the disabled list Friday. But he says, while he did not experience any pain, he felt the tendon moving around too much and was taken out of the game against the Baltimore Orioles on Saturday. The two-time defending AL home run champion was immediately put back on the DL and sent to Cleveland to see a hand specialist.

* AMERICAN LEAGUE

Yankees 2, Blue Jays 1: Phil Hughes pitched seven effective innings and host New York beat Toronto.

Orioles 6, White Sox 0: Nick Markakis drove in three runs and Baltimore beat visiting Chicago.

Royals 9, Tigers 8: Mike Moustakas had three RBIs and Kansas City beat visiting Detroit.

Athletics 7, Indians 0: Tommy Milone and three relievers extended the Indians' scoreless streak to 22 innings and Oakland won at Cleveland.

Rangers 1, Rays 0: At Arlington, Texas, Yu Darvish struck out 10 and Texas beat Tampa Bay.

Angels 6, Red Sox 5: At Anaheim, Calif., Torii Hunter's RBI in the ninth lifted Los Angeles past Boston.

* NATIONAL LEAGUE

Brewers 4, Cubs 1: Jeff Bianchi hit a three-run shot, leading Milwaukee at Chicago.

Pirates 9, Cardinals 0: Pedro Alvarez homered twice, leading Pittsburgh past visiting St. Louis.

Marlins 9, Nationals 0: Stephen Strasburg gave up a career-high seven runs in five innings and Washington's skid hit five games with a loss at Miami.

Mets 9, Phillies 5, 10 inn.: Ike Davis hit a tiebreaking double in the 10th and New York won at Philadelphia.

Rockies 8, Dodgers 4: At Denver, Tyler Chatwood pitched five effective innings and Colorado beat Los Angeles.

Braves 2, Padres 0: Kris Medlen extended his scoreless streak to 28 1/3 innings and Atlanta won at San Diego.

Giants 3, Astros 2: Hector Sanchez connected on the go-ahead RBI single in the ninth and San Francisco rallied at Houston.

Reds 5, Diamondbacks 2: At Phoenix, Johnny Cueto earned his major league-leading 17th win and Cincinnati beat Arizona.