BOSTON (AP) -- Butte's Rob Johnson doubled home two runs in the 11th inning and Seattle beat Boston 7-6 on Friday night.
George Kottaras hit his first major-league homer in the bottom of the 11th for the Red Sox, who tied the game at 5 with two runs in the eighth inning.
Seattle's Ronny Cedeno hit a tie-breaking, two-run homer in a three-run fourth, three batters after a fan in the front row snatched a foul pop that third baseman Kevin Youkilis was attempting to make a play on.
Tim Wakefield made his 383rd start for the Red Sox, surpassing Roger Clemens for the top spot on the team's all-time list.
Jose Lopez added a solo homer for Seattle, which won for the 11th time in 16 games.
J.D. Drew hit a solo homer for the Red Sox, who saw their major league-best home record fall to 25-11.
Chris Jakubauskas (5-5) pitched two hitless innings for the win and Mark Lowe, despite giving up the homer to Kottaras, earned his first save.
Yankees 4, Blue Jays 2
NEW YORK (AP) -- A.J. Burnett scattered six hits over seven innings and Robinson Cano and Alex Rodriguez homered for New York.
The Yankees rebounded from Thursday night's 8-4 loss to Seattle for their eighth win in nine games.
Burnett (7-4), who lost to his former team at Toronto on May 12, allowed two runs, struck out seven and walked two. Mariano Rivera struck out two in a perfect ninth for his 21st save in 22 chances.
Brian Tallet (5-6) gave up three runs -- two earned -- six hits and four walks in six innings, forcing in the go-ahead run with a bases-loaded walk to Mark Teixeira in the fifth.
That was the third walk of the inning for the Yankees, who made it 3-1 on a passed ball by Raul Chavez.
Vernon Wells, who entered in a 2-for-19 slide, homered in the sixth to pull the Blue Jays to 3-2.
Indians 15, Athletics 3
CLEVELAND (AP) -- Shin-Soo Choo homered twice and drove in a career-high seven runs and Cleveland snapped a five-game losing streak.
Choo had an RBI single, two-run double, three-run homer and capped his night with a solo shot, his 12th. It was Choo's second career multihomer game and the most RBIs by a Cleveland player since Grady Sizemore drove in seven last Aug. 21 against Kansas City.
Cleveland, with the worst record in the AL at 32-49, won for only the third time in 16 games. Asdrubal Cabrera had three RBIs in the Indians' biggest output since a 22-4 win at Yankee Stadium on April 18. They scored 13 runs and batted .195 during their five-game losing skid.
David Huff (4-3) gave up five doubles, but only three runs over six innings to improve to 4-1 in his last six starts.
Oakland opened a nine-game trip by losing for the seventh time in nine games as rookie Trevor Cahill (5-7) gave up five earned runs over 3 2/3 innings.
Rangers 3, Rays 1
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) -- Tommy Hunter earned his first career victory on his 23rd birthday, Hank Blalock homered and the Texas Rangers won their third in a row.
Hunter (1-1) was making his sixth career start and third this season. The right-hander allowed three hits and struck out five in 5 1/3 innings to help slow down baseball's top-scoring offense.
Jason Jennings, C.J. Wilson and Frank Francisco pitched 3 2/3 innings of scoreless relief to complete the three-hitter, which equals the fewest hits Tampa Bay has had this season. Francisco pitched a perfect ninth for his 13th save.
White Sox 5, Royals 0
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- John Danks threw 7 1/3 shutout innings and got a big lift from reliever Scott Linebrink as the Chicago White Sox beat the Kansas City Royals for their seventh straight victory.
A. J. Pierzynski homered and he and Scott Podsednik both had three hits for the White Sox, who won for the 11th time in 13 games.
Chicago has won five straight over the Royals, who have lost seven of nine.
Zack Greinke (10-4) lost to the White Sox for the first time in three decisions this season.
Orioles 6, Angels 4
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) -- Aubrey Huff hit a three-run homer, Luke Scott doubled home two runs and the Baltimore Orioles beat the Angels, dropping Los Angeles into a first-place tie with Texas in the AL West.
David Hernandez (2-2) allowed three runs and six hits over 6 2/3 innings after getting staked to a 6-0 lead. The right-hander, making his fourth big league start and second since Koji Uehara went on the disabled list with elbow tendinitis, struck out two and walked two.
George Sherrill got three outs for his 18th save in 21 chances.
Tigers 11, Twins 9,
16 innings
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- Placido Polanco hit a pair of extra-inning RBI singles, the second giving the Detroit Tigers the lead for good in an extra-inning victory over the Minnesota Twins.
Polanco drove in a run in the top of the 14th inning off R.A. Dickey, but Michael Cuddyer's RBI single in the bottom half tied it at eight.
With runners on second and third in the 16th, Polanco lined a single through the left side of a drawn-in infield, scoring Ramon Santiago with the go-ahead run. Ryan Raburn and Magglio Ordonez added insurance runs for the Tigers.
Posted in Sports on Friday, July 3, 2009 11:00 pm
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