Seattle’s Dan Wilson punches out a pair of three-run doubles.
NEW YORK – Dan Wilson hit a pair of three-run doubles and the Seattle Mariners overcame two homers by Alex Rodriguez, snapping their six-game losing streak with 13-7 victory over the New York Yankees in 13 innings Saturday.
Scott Spiezio broke a 7-all tie with a two-run double. After blowing leads of 4-0 and 7-4, the Mariners finally put the game away by scoring six times in the 13th against Gabe White.
Seattle manager Bob Melvin was long gone by then – he was ejected in the third.
Rodriguez hit his first multihomer game for the Yankees before a sellout crowd of 54,531 on a gorgeous afternoon. The Yankees hit a season-high five homers – four off Jamie Moyer – but wasted two great opportunities to win in the late innings.
Gary Sheffield, Hideki Matsui and Bernie Williams also connected for New York, which lost for only the fourth time in 17 games. The Yankees dropped to 16-1 when scoring at least five runs – they had been the only undefeated team left in the majors in that scenario.
Ramon Santiago opened the 13th with a double off White (0-1). Two intentional walks sandwiched around a sacrifice loaded the bases for Spiezio, who sent an 0-1 pitch to the left-center fence for a 9-7 lead.
Raul Ibanez was hit by an 0-2 pitch to force home another run, and Wilson cleared the bases with a double to center. He also hit a three-run double in the sixth, and his six RBIs matched a career high.
Eddie Guardado (1-0) worked two scoreless innings for the win, ending a game that lasted 4 hours, 24 minutes.
Williams connected against Shigetoshi Hasegawa in the seventh to tie it at 7.
Seattle reliever J.J. Putz escaped a bases-loaded jam in the ninth by retiring Rodriguez and Jason Giambi.
With the infield in, Rodriguez got thrown out at the plate on Matsui’s grounder to second baseman Jolbert Cabrera in the 12th.
Moyer and the Mariners were annoyed at plate umpire Chris Guccione’s strike zone, and Melvin was tossed in the bottom of the third for arguing balls and strikes.
Angels 7, Orioles 4
BALTIMORE – Jarrod Washburn pitched three-hit ball for eight innings to win his sixth straight start, leading the Anaheim Angels over the Baltimore Orioles 7-4 Saturday night.
Vladimir Guerrero and Shane Halter each homered for Anaheim, which has won 12 of 14 and has the best record in the majors at 25-12. With the win, the Angels matched their best start in franchise history.
Washburn (7-1) is tied with Houston’s Roger Clemens for the most victories in the majors.
He allowed two runs, walked none and struck out five.
He retired the last 15 batters he faced and hasn’t lost since April 12.
Ben Weber started the ninth but gave up a homer to Melvin Mora with one out and was replaced by Troy Percival, who blew his last two save opportunities, with runners on second and third.
Athletics 3, Royals 1
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Mark Mulder outdueled Darrell May, and Eric Chavez hit a two-run homer in the Oakland Athletics’ 3-1 victory over the Kansas City Royals on Saturday night.
Mulder (4-2) gave up four hits and had a season-high seven strikeouts while improving to 7-0 against Kansas City. It was his second straight complete game, following an 8-4 win at Minnesota last Sunday, and 19th of his career.
Kansas City lost its sixth straight to Oakland, all at home, and lost a chance to win back-to-back series for the first time this season.
May (1-5) retired the last 11 batters he faced in his first complete game of the season, and gave up five hits – but one of those was Chavez’s homer that gave the A’s a 3-0 lead in the sixth inning.
After Bobby Kielty doubled to left with one out, Chavez bounced an 0-2 pitch off the top of the wall in left center for his 10th homer.
The A’s went hitless through 3 1-3 innings before Chavez singled and scored on Scott Hatteberg’s double for a 1-0 lead in the fourth.
Joe Randa finally put Kansas City on the board with a leadoff homer in the seventh.
Indians 9, Devil Rays 7
CLEVELAND – Victor Martinez drove in a career-high five runs and the Cleveland Indians held on to defeat Tampa Bay 9-7 on Saturday, extending the Devil Rays’ road losing streak to seven games.
Martinez hit a three-run double in a four-run second inning, doubled in another run in the third and added a sacrifice fly. He had a chance for more RBIs in the seventh, but was intentionally walked with runners on second and third.
Twins 4, White Sox 1
CHICAGO – Torii Hunter homered twice and had four hits to help Seth Greisinger get his first win in two years, and the Minnesota Twins beat the Chicago White Sox 4-1 Saturday night.
Hunter singled, doubled and hit solo homers in the sixth and ninth innings. His first homer of the night was the 100th of his career.
Greisinger (1-2) earned his first win since May 19, 2002, for Detroit against Texas. The right-hander missed the 2000 and 2001 seasons after elbow ligament replacement surgery and spent last year in the minors. He allowed four hits in a season-best seven-inning outing, including Frank Thomas’ seventh homer.
J.C. Romero pitched a perfect eighth and Joe Nathan worked the ninth for his 12th save in 13 chances.
Minnesota sent Esteban Loaiza (4-3) to his third straight loss.
Loaiza, a 21-game winner a year ago, gave up six hits and three runs in eight innings, yielding Hunter’s first homer.
Trailing 1-0 the Twins took the lead in the fifth when Hunter doubled past third and scored on Michael Cuddyer’s RBI single.
Luis Rivas and Lew Ford then had two-out, opposite-field singles to give the Twins a 2-1 lead.
Hunter’s second homer of the night came off Cliff Politte.
The victory increased the Twins’ AL Central lead over the White Sox to three games. Minnesota has now beaten Chicago seven straight times, dating back to last season.
Notes: Hunter has now hit two homers in a game four times. He also made a nice running catch of Carlos Lee’s long drive to center right after Thomas’ homer in the fourth. … Loaiza has yielded nine homers this season after giving up just 17 all of last year. … Even though his team has had trouble scoring recently, Sox manager Ozzie Guillen didn’t start Chicago’s leading hitter, Juan Uribe, for a second straight game. Uribe struck out as a pinch-hitter in the eighth. … The Twins are 14-6 against the Central Division this season. … LF Shannon Stewart did not start Saturday night because of a heel bruise. Twins manager Ron Gardenhire kept Stewart out for precautionary reasons and because it was an unseasonably cold night (gametime temperature of 53). … Chicago 1B Paul Konerko went 0-for-3 and is 4-for-41 (.098) in May.
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