NEW YORK – Jorge Posada drew a bases-loaded walk from Jorge Julio in the ninth inning Sunday, giving the New York Yankees a 4-3 victory over the Baltimore Orioles.

Derek Jeter reached base four times and scored three runs for the Yankees, who rallied from a three-run deficit for their major league-leading 53rd comeback win. Bernie Williams had his first sacrifice bunt since 1996, moving Jeter to third in the ninth.

Rafael Palmeiro hit a three-run homer in the first inning for the Orioles, who were looking for their first three-game sweep at Yankee Stadium since June 6-8, 1986. Instead, they had their six-game winning streak snapped.

Blue Jays 13, Athletics 5

TORONTO – Rookie Gabe Gross hit his first career grand slam and Russ Adams hit his first major league home run, leading the Toronto Blue Jays to a 13-5 rout over the Oakland Athletics on Sunday.

It was a big day for rookies. Gross collected five RBIs, Adams drove in three, and Bobby Crosby and Nick Swisher homered for the AL West-leading A’s, who have lost just three of their last 19 games.

White Sox 6, Mariners 2

CHICAGO -Joe Borchard and Paul Konerko each hit two-run homers to back a strong outing by Felix Diaz and the Chicago White Sox won their third straight with a 6-2 victory over the Seattle Mariners on Sunday.

Ichiro Suzuki went 1-for-4 to give him a major league-leading 224 hits, 33 short of the all-time single-season record.

He has 26 games remaining to reach the record of 257 hits, set by George Sisler in 1920 with the St. Louis Browns.

Cardinals 6, Dodgers 5

ST. LOUIS – Reggie Sanders hit a pinch-hit RBI single in the 11th inning to give the St. Louis Cardinals a three-game sweep of the Los Angeles Dodgers and their ninth straight overall with a 6-5 victory on Sunday.

The Cardinals wrapped up a perfect 6-0 homestand and won for the 14th time in 16 games.

Royals 12, Twins 3

MINNEAPOLIS – Jimmy Gobble pitched a complete game, Joe Randa went 4-for-5 with a homer and the Kansas City Royals beat the Minnesota Twins 12-3 on Sunday. David DeJesus hit a two-run homer, and the top five batters in Kansas City’s lineup each had two RBIs.

Expos 4, Braves 3

MONTREAL – Tony Batista hit a one-out RBI double in the 12th inning and the Montreal Expos ended a three-game losing streak with a 4-3 victory over the Atlanta Braves on Sunday.

Endy Chavez drew a one-out walk off Juan Cruz (4-2) in the 12th. Batista followed with a drive high off the wall in left-center as Chavez trotted home with the winning run while his teammates spilled out of the dugout to greet him.

Phillies 4, Mets 2

PHILADELPHIA – Brett Myers threw three-hit ball over seven innings to help the Philadelphia Phillies sweep New York and send the Mets to their ninth straight loss with a 4-2 win Sunday.

Mike Lieberthal and Jimmy Rollins homered for the Phillies, who moved back to .500 – at 68-68 – for the first time since Aug. 29. Philadelphia has won six of nine, but is 61/2 games behind idle Chicago in the NL wild-card race.

Reds 9, Brewers 2

MILWAUKEE – Adam Dunn hit a three-run homer and Luke Hudson pitched six strong innings to lead the Cincinnati Reds to an 9-2 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers on Sunday.

Ryan Freel went 3-for-5 with a home run for the Reds, who snapped a five-game losing streak. The Reds had been outscored 46-13 and had a team ERA of 8.58 during the skid.

Astros 10, Pirates 5

HOUSTON – Mike Lamb went 4-for-5 with a homer and four RBIs to lead the Houston Astros to their ninth straight win with a 10-5 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Sunday.