American LeagueJason Davis gave up a long homer to Manny Ramirez, then got his second victory in 17 starts as the Cleveland Indians held on for their fourth straight win, 7-6 over the reeling Boston Red Sox on Tuesday night.
Davis (1-2) allowed two runs and six hits in six innings, including an estimated 459-foot shot by Ramirez.
Boston scored four runs in the ninth off Kazuhito Tadano, but lost its fifth straight. Rafael Betancourt struck out Manny Ramirez to end the game for his second save.
Third baseman Bill Mueller's two throwing errors allowed five unearned runs in the fourth off Derek Lowe (3-2), who gave up two earned runs but a season-high 10 hits in five-plus innings.
Yankees 10, Athletics 8
In Oakland, California, Alex Rodriguez hit his 350th homer and Ruben Sierra had a three-run double in a six-run seventh inning, sending New York to its seventh straight victory.
The Yankees rallied from a 7-1 deficit and spoiled a strong offensive night by the Athletics, who got two home runs from Eric Chavez and one by Scott Hatteberg.
New York tied Boston for first place in the AL East, making up 4 games since getting swept at home by the Red Sox from April 23-25.
The Yankees' winning streak began last Tuesday night with another comeback victory over Oakland -- also keyed by Sierra. This time, he hit a bases-loaded double with two outs in the seventh for a 9-8 New York lead.
Rodriguez went 3-for-4 with a three-run homer in the seventh and drove in four runs. He became the 70th player to reach 350 homers, and the youngest in major league history to do it.
He accomplished the feat at 28 years, 282 days. Ken Griffey Jr. hit his 350th at 28 years, 308 days. Rodriguez's shot off Mark Mulder to left-center also pushed the reigning AL MVP past 1,000 career RBIs -- he now has 1,001.
The Yankees had a season-high 17 hits.
Jose Contreras lasted only two-plus innings, but Donovan Osborne (2-0) pitched four innings in relief for the win. Mariano Rivera struck out two in a perfect ninth for his 10th save in 10 chances. The Yankees retired the final 15 Oakland batters.
Chad Bradford (1-1) walked two in the seventh and took the loss.
Mariners 4, Twins 3, 16 innings
In Seattle, Randy Winn scored on Scott Spiezio's fielder's choice with none out in the 16th inning to give Seattle a win in the longest game in the major leagues this season.
Winn scored the winning run when Spiezio hit a grounder to drawn-in first baseman Doug Mientkiewicz, whose throw to catcher Henry Blanco was too late to get a sliding Winn.
Winn was hit by a pitch by Seth Greisinger (0-2), the eighth Minnesota pitcher, and Ichiro Suzuki singled Winn to third before Spiezio's ground ball on a 1-2 pitch ended the game after 4 hours, 48 minutes.
Ron Villone (3-0), the seventh Seattle pitcher, pitched the final three innings.
National League
Mike Matheny saved St. Louis with a super play behind the plate, and the Cardinals held off the Philadelphia Phillies 6-5.
With the bases loaded and two outs in the ninth, Jason Isringhausen struck out Pat Burrell swinging at a high fastball. The ball deflected off Matheny's glove all the way to the backstop, but the two-time Gold Glove chased it down. With no play at the plate, he fired a long throw to first, getting Burrell by a half-step.
Scott Rolen and Jim Edmonds each drove in two runs for St. Louis.
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