AL roundup: Yankees come back to beat Angels

NEW YORK (AP) " Jorge Posada hit a two-run single in the ninth inning off Brian Fuentes, and the New York Yankees rallied from a five-run deficit to beat the Los Angeles Angels 10-9 Friday night for their fourth straight win.

New York led by four runs in the sixth inning, fell behind 9-4, then closed in the eighth against Jose Arredondo on Melky Cabrera's RBI single, Ramiro Pena's two-run single and Derek Jeter's RBI grounder.

Then in the ninth, Fuentes (0-2) walked slumping Mark Teixeira leading off, and Hideki Matsui and Robinson Cano singled to load the bases.

Posada, who homered in the four-run first, singled to left-center, sending the Yankees running onto the field to celebrate their sixth win in seven games at Yankee Stadium since losing the opener.

Jonathan Albaladejo (2-1) pitched a perfect ninth for the win.

White Sox 4, Rangers 3

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) " Jim Thome hit a tying three-run double, and Chris Getz added the go-ahead triple for the White Sox.

Mark Buehrle (4-0) allowed three runs in six innings to improve to 11-3 against the Rangers.

Ian Kinsler hit a leadoff homer, and Michael Young had three hits for the Rangers, who placed outfielder Josh Hamilton on the 15-day disabled list before the game due to a strained left rib cage muscle.

Prized Rangers prospect Derek Holland (0-1) relieved Scott Feldman with the bases loaded in the sixth and gave up Thome's double. Getz, who had missed five games with a finger injury, tripled to put Chicago on top for good.

Bobby Jenks pitched the ninth and is perfect in six save chances.

Rays 6, Red Sox 2

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) " Evan Longoria extended his torrid hitting against Boston pitching with a grand slam and Carlos Pena also homered, helping Tampa Bay beat the Red Sox.

Andy Sonnanstine (1-3) allowed two runs and eight hits in 5 2-3 innings to get his first regular-season victory since Aug. 18 for the defending AL champions, who improved to 4-1 against Boston.

Longoria homered and drove in four runs for the second straight night, connecting off Justin Masterson (2-1) during Tampa Bay's six-run fifth inning.

Pena also homered in the fifth off Masterson, who made his third start for Boston in place of injured Daisuke Matsuzaka. The right-hander allowed six runs on six hits, walked three and struck out six in six innings.

Blue Jays 8, Orioles 4

TORONTO (AP) " Roy Halladay won his 10th straight decision against Baltimore and Kevin Millar drove in three runs against his former team.

Halladay (5-1) improved to 10-0 with an 2.82 ERA in his past 11 starts against Baltimore. He has not lost to the Orioles since May 4, 2005.

Halladay gave up four runs"three earned"and 10 hits in eight innings, raising his major league-leading total to 44. He walked one and struck out six.

Orioles left-hander Mark Hendrickson (1-4) lost his fourth straight start, allowing four runs on nine hits in five-plus innings. He walked two and struck out two.

Indians 6, Tigers 5

DETROIT (AP) " Carl Pavano pitched 7 1-3 effective innings and Cleveland held off Detroit.

Pavano (1-3), who made his longest start since a shutout win at Seattle on May 17, 2005, left with Cleveland leading 6-1 in the eighth inning. He was pulled for reliever Rafael Perez after giving up two doubles in the eighth, including Adam Everett's that gave the Tigers' their first run. Placido Polanco followed with an RBI single that made it 6-2.

Reliever Jensen Lewis later gave up Miguel Cabrera's fifth homer of the season, a three-run shot that cut the lead to 6-5.

The Indians got out of the inning and Kerry Wood pitched a scoreless ninth for his fifth save and as many chances.

Armando Galarraga (3-1) lasted just five innings.

Twins 7, Royals 5

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) " Joe Mauer homered in the first at-bat of his delayed season debut and scored three times, and Justin Morneau's go-ahead two-run shot sent the Twins to a victory over Kansas City.

David DeJesus drove in three runs for the Royals, and Jose Guillen made Kevin Slowey (4-0) sweat his perfect record with a two-run single that tied it at 5 in the fifth inning.

But Morneau connected in the bottom half and Minnesota's bullpen took over from there. Matt Guerrier needed only 12 pitches for two perfect innings of relief, Jose Mijares struck out the side in the eighth and Joe Nathan notched his fourth save in the ninth.

Mariners 8, Athletics 7

SEATTLE (AP) " Jose Lopez hit an RBI single to right field on the 14th pitch from Russ Springer with two outs in the ninth inning, and Seattle rallied from five runs down to beat the Athletics.

It was Lopez's third career game-winning hit, and he had to work a little extra for this one. After going to a 2-2 count against Springer, Lopez fouled off nine consecutive pitches. With the crowd and his entire dugout standing, Lopez lined the final pitch, a fastball, into right-center field to score Chavez.

It was Lopez's third RBI of the game, as Seattle came back after being down 6-1 early on.