David Ortiz hit an RBI single in the bottom of the 10th inning to give Minnesota the victory.
Ortiz's hit came after Antonio Osuna (5-2) intentionally walked Corey Koskie to load the bases with one out.
J.C. Romero (6-1) pitched the 10th for the win, walking one and striking out one.
The AL Central-leading Twins won despite being held to five hits for the second straight game. Minnesota came into the game with the highest batting average in the majors (.303).
CHICAGO MINNESOTA
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; WHarrs 2b 4 1 1 0 JJones; lf 4 1 1 0
; Rwand cf 3 0 1 0 CGzmn; ss 5 0 0 0
; Liefer lf 4 0 0 0 Koskie; 3b 4 0 2 1
; Paul c 0 0 0 0 DOrtiz; dh 2 0 1 1
; Ordnez rf 3 0 0 0 Kielty; cf 3 0 0 0
; Knerko 1b 4 0 0 0 Mntkw; 1b 3 0 0 0
; Thmas dh 4 0 1 0 Mohr; rf 4 0 0 0
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; Vlentin ss 3 0 0 0 Przyns; c 3 0 0 0
; Grffnno ph 1 0 0 0 LeCroy; ph 1 0 0 0
; Clayton ss 0 0 0 0 Prince; c 0 0 0 0
; Crede 3b 4 0 1 0 Rivas; 2b 4 1 1 0
; MLJhn c 3 0 1 0
; Lee lf 0 0 0 0
; Totals 33 1 5 0 Totals 33 2 5 2
; Chicago 100; 000 000 0 -- 1
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; Minnesota 001; 000 000 1 -- 2
; One out when winning run scored.
DP--Minnesota 1. LOB--Chicago 6, Minnesota 10. 2B--Koskie (29), Rivas (12). S--WHarris, JJones.
IP H R ER BB SO
; Chicago
Garland 6 3 1 1 4 5
; Wunsch 1 0 0 0 0 2
; Marte 1; 2-3 0 0 0 1 4
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; Osuna L,5-2 2-3 2 1 1 1 1
; Minnesota
Mays 7; 1-3 5 1 1 2 1
; Hawkins 1; 2-3 0 0 0 0 2
; Romero W,6-1 1 0 0 0 1 1
; WP--Garland, Mays.
Umpires--Home, Gary Cederstrom; First, Mike Fichter; Second, Brian O'Nora; Third, Tim Welke.
T--3:02. A--29,478 (48,678).
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MARINERS 5, TIGERS 2
Bret Boone hit a three-run home run in the fifth inning as the Mariners beat Detroit for Seattle's first three-game home sweep of the Tigers in 13 years.
Boone hit his 15th homer of the season on the first pitch he saw from starter Brian Powell (1-1). The two-out shot to the right-field bleachers scored Carlos Guillen, who led off with a single, and John Olerud, who walked with two outs before Boone came to the plate.
Boone now has three homers and 14 RBIs since the All-Star break after struggling in the first half of the season. He was 0-for-5 in Tuesday's 5-4 win.
DETROIT SEATTLE
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; Lmbrd cf 4 0 0 0 ISuzuki; rf 4 0 1 0
; Easley 2b 3 1 0 0 McLmr; 3b 4 0 1 0
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; Hggnsn lf 4 0 1 2 Olerud; 1b 3 1 0 0
; Simon dh 4 0 1 0 BBoone; 2b 3 1 1 3
; Fick rf 4 0 0 0 EMrtnz; dh 4 1 2 0
; CPena 1b 2 0 2 0 Sierra; lf 3 0 1 0
; Halter ss 3 0 0 0 Ugueto; pr 0 1 0 0
; Truby 3b 3 1 1 0 Cirillo; 3b 0 0 0 0
; Inge c 3 0 1 0 Cmeron; cf 3 0 1 0
; DWilsn; c 4 0 1 1
; CGillen; ss 4 1 1 0
; Totals 30 2 6 2 Totals 32 5 9 4
; Detroit 002 000 000 -- 2
; Seattle 010 030 01x -- 5
; E--Lombard (2), JFarnsworth (2). DP--Detroit 1, Seattle 2. LOB--Detroit 3, Seattle 9. 2B--Higginson (17), ISuzuki (22). HR--BBoone (15). SB--McLemore (16), BBoone (9), Cameron 2 (21). CS--Inge (3).
IP H R ER BB SO
; Detroit
BPowell L,1-1 6 7 4 4 3 3
; JWalker 2-3 0 0 0 1 0
; JFarnsworth 1; 1-3 2 1 0 2 0
; Seattle
Baldwin W,7-7 8 6 2 2 2 7
; Sasaki S,28 1 0 0 0 0 1
; Umpires--Home, Eric Cooper; First, Mike Reilly; Second, Jeff Kellogg; Third, Jerry Meals.
T--2:41. A--45,212 (47,116).
RED SOX 2, ANGELS 1
Tim Wakefield pitched five scoreless innings and the Boston Red Sox scored both of their runs on sacrifice flies as they beat Anaheim to tie the Angels in the AL wild card race.
Wakefield (5-3) allowed five hits over five innings, struck out five and walked one for his 99th career victory. The knuckleballer improved to 3-1 as a starter this season.
Nomar Garciaparra and Brian Daubach hit sacrifice flies to account for Boston's runs as the Red Sox won the series 2-1.
Boston moved within four games of the New York Yankees in the East and improved its major league-leading road record to 35-19.
Anaheim dropped two games behind first-place Seattle in the West, losing for the third time in its last five games.
Red Sox reliever Alan Embree, who took the loss Monday night in his first appearance after coming off the disabled list, gave up Troy Glaus' homer in the eighth.
Ugueth Urbina got three outs for his 25th save in 29 attempts.
John Lackey (2-2) took the loss.
BOSTON ANAHEIM
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; Hndrsn lf 3 1 2 0 Eckstin; ss 3 0 0 0
; Damon cf 5 0 1 0 Erstad; cf 4 0 0 0
; Grcprr ss 4 1 0 1 Salmon; rf 4 0 1 0
; MRmrz dh 3 0 1 0 GAndsn; lf 4 0 0 0
; Dubach 1b 3 0 1 1 Glaus; 3b 4 1 2 1
; Hlnbrn 3b 4 0 0 0 Fllmer; dh 3 0 1 0
; Nixon rf 3 0 1 0 BGil; dh 1 0 0 0
; Mrbelli c 4 0 2 0 Spiezio; 1b 4 0 1 0
; RSnchz 2b 4 0 0 0 AKndy; 2b 4 0 1 0
; JMolna; c 2 0 2 0
; OPlmro; ph 1 0 0 0
; Totals 33 2 8 2 Totals 34 1 8 1
; Boston 000 001 010 -- 2
; Anaheim 000 000 010 -- 1
; E--Glaus (13), Spiezio (4). DP--Boston 1, Anaheim 1. LOB--Boston 10, Anaheim 9. 2B--Spiezio (22). HR--Glaus (17). SB--Damon 2 (26). CS--Henderson (2). SF--Garciaparra, Daubach.
IP H R ER BB SO
; Boston
Wakefield W,5-3 5 3 0 0 1 5
; Arrojo 1; 1-3 3 0 0 0 1
; Embree 1; 2-3 1 1 1 0 0
; Urbina S,25 1 1 0 0 0 0
; Anaheim
Lackey L,2-2 6; 1-3 6 1 1 3 3
; Weber 1; 2-3 2 1 0 0 1
; Donnelly 1 0 0 0 1 0
; HBP--by Arrojo (Eckstein), by Wakefield (Eckstein). Balk--Urbina.
Umpires--Home, Jerry Layne; First, Mike DiMuro; Second, Ed Montague; Third, Hunter Wendelstedt.
T--3:16. A--28,227 (45,030).
BLUE JAYS 9, ROYALS 2
Eric Hinske hit a two-run homer and Dewayne Wise drove in three runs for Toronto.
Hinske hit his 18th homer after Shannon Stewart led off the game with a single off Shawn Sedlacek (1-2). Hinske is two homers shy of the team's rookie record set by Fred McGriff in 1987.
Blue Jays starter Steve Parris (4-2) did not allow a hit until Aaron Guiel led off the fourth with a double.
TORONTO KANSAS; CITY
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; ShStwrt dh 4 1 1 0 Knblch; lf 3 0 0 0
; Hinske 3b 5 1 1 2 Guiel; rf 4 0 1 0
; JoCruz rf 5 2 2 0 Beltran; cf 4 1 2 1
; CDlgdo 1b 3 2 1 1 Ibanez; 1b 4 0 1 0
; Wells cf 5 2 2 1 Randa; 3b 4 0 0 0
; Wdwrd ss 5 0 3 1 Tucker; dh 4 1 2 1
; DWise lf 5 1 2 3 NPerez; ss 3 0 1 0
; TWilsn c 4 0 1 0 Caruso; ss 1 0 1 0
; OHudsn 2b 4 0 1 1 Mayne; c 4 0 1 0
; Febles; 2b 2 0 1 0
; Totals 40 9 14 9 Totals 33 2 10 2
; Toronto 302 040 000 -- 9
; Kansas City 000 010 010 -- 2
; E--Randa (9), Febles (14). DP--Toronto 3. LOB--Toronto 7, Kansas City 6. 2B--Guiel (7), Tucker (15). HR--Hinske (18), Beltran (18), Tucker (9). CS--Ibanez (3). SF--CDelgado.
IP H R ER BB SO
; Toronto
Parris W,4-2 6 6 1 1 2 2
; Eyre 1 2 0 0 0 1
; Politte 1 1 1 1 0 0
; KEscobar 1 1 0 0 0 0
; Kansas City
Sedlacek L,1-2 4 10 8 7 1 2
; May 2 2 1 1 0 1
; Bukvich 1 1 0 0 0 0
; Grimsley 1 0 0 0 1 1
; Mullen 1 1 0 0 0 0
; Sedlacek pitched to 3 batters in the 5th.
WP--Sedlacek, Grimsley.
Umpires--Home, Tim McClelland; First, Jay Klemm; Second, Chuck Meriwether; Third, Ted Barrett.
T--2:53. A--13,461 (40,793).
RANGERS 17, YANKEES 6
Alex Rodriguez hit a two-run homer, his major league-best 36th, and rookie Kevin Mench had four hits as the Texas set season highs for hits and runs in support of Rob Bell (4-3).
Every Rangers starter but Carl Everett had at least a hit and an RBI as Texas banged out 21 hits. A-Rod, Frank Catalonotto and Ivan Rodriguez each had three, with the latter hitting a three-run homer as the Rangers pounded Mike Mussina (13-5).
NEW YORK TEXAS
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; ASrano 2b 5 1 3 1 Ctlnotto; 1b 5 2 3 1
; Jeter ss 3 0 0 0 Mench; rf 6 2 4 3
; EWilsn ss 1 0 0 0 ARdrgz; ss 5 2 3 2
; JaGbi 1b 4 2 3 1 Perry; 3b 0 0 0 0
; Knight p 0 0 0 0 RPlmo; dh 3 1 2 2
; Spncer ph 0 0 0 0 IRdrgz; c 5 2 3 3
; BWllms cf 5 0 0 0 Hslman; c 0 0 0 0
; Posada c 2 0 0 0 CEvrtt; lf 5 0 0 0
; Widger c 1 0 0 0 Lamb; 3b 4 4 2 2
; Vn Wal lf 3 1 0 0 MYong; 2b 5 2 2 1
; White lf 2 0 1 0 RRvera; cf 5 2 2 3
; Mndesi rf 4 1 3 1
; NJhson dh 4 1 1 3
; Coomer 3b 4 0 0 0
; Totals 38 6 11 6 Totals 43 17 21 17
; New York 100 113 000 -- 6
; Texas 061 400 42x -- 17
; E--JaGiambi (4), Mondesi (3). DP--New York 2. LOB--New York 9, Texas 6. 2B--ASoriano (39), JaGiambi (25), White (10), Mondesi 2 (22), Catalanotto (13), Mench 2 (11), RPalmeiro (23), IRodriguez (14), Lamb, MYoung. HR--ASoriano (27), JaGiambi (28), NJohnson (14), ARodriguez (36), IRodriguez (10), Lamb (5), RRivera (3). CS--Catalanotto (5). SF--RPalmeiro.
IP H R ER BB SO
; New York
Mussina L,13-5 3 11 7 7 0 1
; Thurman 2 5 4 4 1 0
; Hitchcock 2 4 4 1 1 1
; Knight 1 1 2 2 1 1
; Texas
RBell W,4-3 5; 1-3 8 6 6 2 4
; JPowell 1-3 1 0 0 1 0
; RRodriguez 1 1 0 0 0 1
; FCordero 1; 1-3 1 0 0 0 2
; Van Poppel 1 0 0 0 1 1
; WP--Knight.
Umpires--Home, Rick Reed; First, Tim Tschida; Second, Mark Wegner; Third, Bill Welke.
T--3:20. A--41,133 (49,115).
ORIOLES 12, DEVIL RAYS 2
Rodrigo Lopez became the first Baltimore pitcher in 23 years to win six straight decisions in a single month as the Orioles beat the Tampa Bay Devil Rays 12-2 Wednesday night.
Lopez (12-3) gave up one run and six hits over six innings.
Baltimore's Chris Richard homered on the first major league pitch he saw this season to lead off the second inning. Richard, activated from the 60-day disabled list before the game, had left shoulder surgery in the offseason.
Marty Cordova and Jerry Hairston also homered for the Orioles, who beat Luis De Los Santos (0-3).
BALTIMORE TAMPA; BAY
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; Mora ss 6 1 2 2 Winn; cf 3 0 0 0
; Snglton cf 6 2 4 1 Conti; cf 2 1 1 1
; Mathws rf 6 1 2 0 Abrnth; 2b 3 0 2 0
; TBtsta 3b 5 1 2 2 Esclna; 2b 2 0 0 0
; JLeon 3b 0 0 0 0 Huff; dh 4 0 1 0
; Gbbons 1b 3 1 1 1 Cox; 1b 3 0 0 0
; Crdova lf 4 2 2 2 Hall; c 4 0 1 0
; LLopez ss 1 0 0 0 Grieve; rf 3 0 0 0
; Rchard dh 4 2 2 3 Sndbrg; 3b 4 1 1 0
; GGil c 5 0 0 0 Gomez; ss 4 0 2 1
; Hrst Jr 2b 4 2 3 1 Crwfrd; lf 4 0 1 0
; Totals 44 12 18 12 Totals 36 2 9 2
; Baltimore 210 111 600 -- 12
; Tampa Bay 010 000 100 -- 2
; E--Hairston Jr. (5). DP--Tampa Bay 1. LOB--Baltimore 9, Tampa Bay 9. 2B--Singleton (22), Richard (1), Gomez (25). HR--Cordova (14), Richard (1), Hairston Jr. (3), Conti (3). SB--Mora (14), Singleton (14), Hairston Jr. (15), Sandberg (1). CS--Richard (1).
IP H R ER BB SO
; Baltimore
RLopez W,12-3 6 6 1 1 2 4
; YPerez 2 2 1 1 0 2
; Groom 1 1 0 0 0 2
; Tampa Bay
LSntos L,0-3 4 7 4 4 1 2
; Zambrano 2; 2-3 9 8 8 1 1
; Backe 2; 1-3 2 0 0 1 0
; HBP--by Zambrano (Hairston Jr.). PB--Hall.
Umpires--Home, Mark Hirschbeck; First, Matt Hollowell; Second, Jim Reynolds; Third, Jim Wolf.
T--3:13. A--10,933 (43,772).
ATHLETICS 6, INDIANS 4
Mark Ellis singled home Terrence Long with the go-ahead run in the eighth inning as Oakland avoided a sweep.
Mark Mulder (12-6) recovered from a rocky second inning to win for the 10th time in 13 starts as the A's salvaged one victory against Cleveland following two narrow losses.
Eric Chavez and Jermaine Dye hit back-to-back homers in the second for Oakland. The Athletics rallied from an early four-run deficit, then went ahead in the eighth when Long led off with a single against Jacob Westbrook (0-1).
CLEVELAND OAKLAND
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; Mgrder lf 4 0 0 0 MEllis; 3b 4 0 1 2
; Vizquel ss 4 0 1 1 Httberg; 1b 5 0 1 0
; Lawton rf 4 0 0 0 Tejada; ss 5 0 2 1
; Stevens 1b 4 1 1 0 Justice; lf 4 0 1 0
; Brdley cf 4 1 2 0 RaHrdz; c 0 0 0 0
; Gterrez dh 4 1 1 2 EChavz; dh 4 2 2 1
; Selby 3b 4 0 0 0 Dye; rf 3 2 1 1
; JMcDld 2b 3 1 1 1 Long; cf 4 1 1 0
; EPerez c 2 0 0 0 Velarde; 2b 2 0 1 0
; GMyrs; c 2 0 1 1
; Byrnes; lf 0 1 0 0
; Totals 33 4 6 4 Totals 33 6 11 6
; Cleveland 040 000 000 -- 4
; Oakland 020 002 02x -- 6
; E--Vizquel (5). DP--Cleveland 1. LOB--Cleveland 3, Oakland 11. 2B--Bradley (13), Gutierrez (10), Justice (11), EChavez (24). HR--EChavez (21), Dye (11). SB--JMcDonald (2). CS--Selby (1). S--Velarde.
IP H R ER BB SO
; Cleveland
Nagy 5 7 4 2 3 1
; Westbrook L,0-1 2; 1-3 4 2 2 4 0
; Sadler 2-3 0 0 0 0 0
; Oakland
Mulder W,12-6 8 6 4 4 1 6
; Koch S,26 1 0 0 0 0 1
; Nagy pitched to 2 batters in the 6th.
WP--Nagy, Mulder.
Umpires--Home, Mark Carlson; First, John Hirschbeck; Second, Wally Bell; Third, C.B. Bucknor.
T--2:39. A--47,574 (43,662).
