NEW YORK (AP) – Jason Giambi hit a grand slam, Alex Rodriguez sent a three-run homer bouncing into Monument Park and New York battered Brian Bannister and Kansas City to salvage a split of the 10-game season series.

Cody Ransom added a two-run homer and Xavier Nady also went deep for the Yankees, who moved within five games of Boston in the wild-card race. Rodriguez finished 3-for-3 with five RBIs, and Derek Jeter went 4-for-4 and scored three times.

Twins 11, Mariners 8

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – Joe Nathan left the bases loaded in the final two innings for his 33rd save and the Minnesota Twins held on Sunday for an 11-8 victory over the Seattle Mariners.

Nathan got Ichiro Suzuki to ground out to complete the three-game sweep. The All-Star closer also struck out Adrian Beltre with the sacks full to end the eighth.

Jason Kubel had four hits and scored four runs and Justin Morneau homered and drove in two for the Twins, who stayed tied with the Chicago White Sox for the AL Central lead.

The Mariners made it close after trailing 6-0 through three innings. Despite three home runs in the sixth, by Beltre, Wladimir Balentien and Kenji Johjima, Seattle lost for the seventh time in eight games.

Knuckleballing reliever R.A. Dickey matched a major league record by throwing four wild pitches in an inning, and the reeling Mariners couldn’t get any closer than two runs.

Minnesota’s Glen Perkins (10-3) improved to 8-1 in his last 14 starts.

Raul Ibanez went 5-for-5 for Seattle, but Ryan Feierabend (0-1) allowed six runs and 10 hits in three innings.

White Sox 13, Athletics 1

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) – Carlos Quentin hit his 34th homer and drove in four runs, Alexei Ramirez added a grand slam and Chicago won a series in Oakland for the first time in eight years.

Javier Vazquez (10-10) allowed four hits in eight innings to help the White Sox win consecutive games in Oakland for the first time since August 2000. Chicago also took the season series from the A’s for the first time in eight years.

Juan Uribe hit a two-run shot and Jermaine Dye also homered as the White Sox won for the fifth time in six games. Chicago is a season-best 17 games over .500.

Gio Gonzalez (1-2) was tagged for eight runs, six hits and five walks in 3 1-3 innings. The A’s have lost 10 straight series, falling to a big league-worst 5-23 since the All-Star break.

Quentin took over the major league home run lead.

Indians 4, Angels 3

CLEVELAND (AP) – Jeremy Sowers and two relievers cooled off Los Angeles’ lineup, and Cleveland took two of three from the Angels to hand them a rare series loss.

It was the Angels’ first series loss to an AL opponent since a three-game sweep in Tampa Bay from May 9-11. They hadn’t lost any series since dropping two of three interleague games to the Los Angeles Dodgers from June 27-29.

Sowers (2-6) gave up only two earned runs over 6 2-3 innings for his first win in five starts. The left-hander earned his first home win in 13 starts at Progressive Field since beating Detroit on Aug. 25, 2006.

Rafael Perez struck out three over 1 1-3 perfect innings and Jensen Lewis got his third save.

Cleveland took a 4-3 lead in the sixth against Justin Speier (1-6) on Grady Sizemore’s RBI single.

Orioles 16, Tigers 8

DETROIT (AP) – Melvin Mora and Luke Scott hit two home runs apiece, leading Baltimore to a rout of Detroit.

Mora had five hits and a career-high six RBIs, while Scott had three hits and four RBIs to pace a 22-hit outburst. It was the most hits for the Orioles since they had 22 on July 22, 2006, at Tampa Bay. Baltimore’s 16 runs and 12 extra-base hits were season highs.

The Orioles, winners of four of five, have scored in double digits in three of their last four games. The Tigers fell to 5-11 in August.

Baltimore finally won a Sunday road game for the first time this season after going 0-10.

Fernando Cabrera (2-1) got the win with three shutout innings of relief.

Casey Fossum (2-1) took the loss, allowing four runs in two innings.

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