CLEVELAND – Right fielder Ben Francisco misplayed a simple single into a costly error in the 10th inning, enabling Jarrod Saltalamacchia to score from first base and give the Texas Rangers a 2-1 win over the Cleveland Indians on Sunday.

Saltalamacchia drew a two-out walk on the 10th pitch he saw from Masahide Kobayashi (2-2).

Ramon Vazquez, who struck out as a pinch-hitter in the eighth, then lined a routine single to right. Francisco knelt down to play it safely, but the ball bounced between his legs and rolled all the way to the wall. Saltalamacchia scored easily and Vazquez reached third on the error.

Jamey Wright (3-1) worked two scoreless innings for the win and C.J. Wilson pitched the 10th for his 10th save in 12 chances. Cleveland has lost eight of nine.

Texas outfielder Josh Hamilton was ejected after arguing a third strike in the sixth. He went 1-for-3, ending his streak of multihit games at eight.

Blue Jays 3, Royals 1

TORONTO – Shannon Stewart drove in the go-ahead run on a fielder’s choice, Dustin McGowan won for the first time in four starts and the Royals have now lost seven straight.

McGowan (3-4) allowed one run and nine hits in seven innings to win for the first time since May 5 against Cleveland. He matched a season-high by striking out seven and walked none.

Scott Downs worked the eighth and B.J. Ryan pitched the ninth for his 11th save.

The Blue Jays are two games above .500 for the first time since they were 8-6 on April 15.

Royals right-hander Gil Meche (3-7) allowed two runs and five hits in six innings. Meche walked two and struck out five, and has lost three of his past four starts.

Yankees 6, Mariners 5

NEW YORK – Jose Molina hit a two-out RBI double to cap a four-run eighth inning, and the Yankees rallied for their fifth straight victory.

The Yankees won consecutive series for the first time this season, while the Mariners have lost a season-worst six games in a row. Seattle owns the worst record in the AL at 18-33.

New York (25-25) was down 5-2 coming into the eighth and had been 0-23 when trailing after seven innings. Derek Jeter led off with a walk against reliever Sean Green before Arthur Rhodes came in for the lefty-on-lefty matchup against Bobby Abreu, who doubled to drive in Jeter.

In came closer J.J. Putz (1-2) to try to get the six-out save. Instead, he got the loss.

Edwar Ramirez (1-0) pitched 1 2-3 scoreless inning to get the win. Mariano Rivera picked up his 12th save as New York completed its second three-game sweep of Seattle this month.

Twins 6, Tigers 1

DETROIT – Jason Kubel hit a tiebreaking grand slam with two outs in the eighth inning and Glen Perkins shut down Detroit’s offense to take two of three in the series.

Carlos Guillen homered and finished with three hits for Detroit, which wasted a strong start by Justin Verlander after blowing out Minnesota 19-3 on Saturday night.

Perkins (2-1) allowed a run and seven hits in 7 2-3 innings, walking two and striking out four. Matt Guerrier got the final out in the eighth and Joe Nathan worked a one-hit ninth.

Francisco Cruceta (0-2) relieved Verlander in the eighth and took the loss.

Rays 5, Orioles 4

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – Evan Longoria drove in the winning run with a double in the ninth inning, giving the Rays a three-game sweep of the Orioles.

Carlos Pena drew a one-out walk in the ninth off George Sherrill (1-1) and scored on Longoria’s double to center. Longoria also caused Baltimore problems on Saturday, hitting two homers and driving six runs in Tampa Bay’s 11-4 victory.

Troy Percival (1-0) got the final two outs in the ninth for the win.