AL roundup: Longoria hits walk-off homer

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) - Evan Longoria's second homer of the game, a two-run shot off Takashi Saito with two outs in the bottom of the 13th, gave Tampa Bay a 4-2 victory over Boston on Tuesday night.

Longoria, who struck out four times, homered in the eighth off Daniel Bard, tying the score 2-all.

The Red Sox bullpen worked out of jams in the eighth, ninth and 10th innings, but couldn't hold off the Rays for a fourth time. Boston's Dustin Pedroia grounded into an inning-ending double play with the bases loaded in the 10th.

Michel Hernandez walked to start the 13th. After a sacrifice bunt and a groundout, Longoria hit his 23rd homer of the season off Saito (2-3) to end the 4 hour, 57-minute game.

Lance Cormier (2-1) gave up one hit in one inning for the win.

Boston's Jon Lester allowed one run and three hits and struck out 10 in six-plus innings.

Kevin Youkilis hit his 20th homer for Boston and Pedroia connected for his seventh.

White Sox 5, Angels 4

CHICAGO (AP) - Scott Podsednik's RBI single with two outs in the ninth lifted Chicago and snapped Los Angeles' eight-game road winning streak.

Kevin Jepsen (3-3) retired the first two batters in the ninth, then allowed Jayson Nix's double and Podsednik's single.

It was the third game-ending hit this season by Podsednik, a 2005 World Series star for Chicago who was re-signed by the team after Colorado cut him in April.

Matt Thornton (6-2), the fourth reliever to follow White Sox starter Jose Contreras, who lasted only 2 2-3 innings, got the win.

The Angels had a five-game winning streak snapped. They had won 16 of 19 on the road and 34 of 45 overall but wasted John Lackey's strong eight-inning performance.

Yankees 5, Blue Jays 3

TORONTO (AP) - Andy Pettitte won for the first time in six starts and New York hit three homers off Roy Halladay.

Pettitte (9-6), who had not won since July 1, allowed one run and four hits in 6 2-3 innings, walking four and striking out six. He left with runners at first and second in the seventh but Phil Hughes came on and struck out Jose Bautista to end the inning.

Hughes gave up two singles to begin the eighth, then struck out two batters before being replaced by Mariano Rivera. Vernon Wells greeted the Yankees closer with a two-run double off the wall in left, cutting it to 4-3. Rivera finished for his 31st save.

Hideki Matsui gave New York some insurance by homering to center on Halladay's first pitch of the ninth. Johnny Damon and Mark Teixeiera hit back-to-back homers in the eighth for a 4-1 lead.

It was the second time this season Halladay (11-5) allowed three homers to the Yankees. It happened in a 6-5, 12-inning loss at New York on July 4.

Halladay lost consecutive starts for the first time in 2009, allowing four runs and eight hits in his fifth complete game of the year.

Orioles 8, Tigers 2

DETROIT (AP) - Brian Matusz and Baltimore spoiled Jarrod Washburn's debut with Detroit.

Cesar Izturis and Nick Markakis both homered, drove in three runs and had three hits for Baltimore.

Matusz (1-0), the fourth pick overall in the 2008 draft, allowed a run and six hits in five innings in his major league debut. He walked three and struck out five.

He was 7-0 with a 1.55 ERA for Double-A Bowie before being recalled on Tuesday.

Washburn (8-7), who was acquired from Seattle on July 31 in a deal for pitchers Luke French and Mauricio Robles, gave up six runs and six hits in 5 1-3 innings.

The Orioles blew open a tight game in the sixth with four runs to make it 7-1. Markakis hit a two-run homer and Izturis added a two-run single with the bases loaded and two outs.

Twins 10, Indians 1

CLEVELAND (AP) - Minnesota's Scott Baker pitched seven scoreless innings and was backed by home runs from Carlos Gomez and Jason Kubel.

Gomez had three hits and four RBIs, and Joe Mauer hit three of Minnesota's season-high seven doubles as the Twins broke a three-game losing streak.

Justin Morneau drove in two runs, giving him an AL-leading 88 RBIs. Orlando Cabrera, recently acquired from Oakland, extended his hitting streak to 14 games and hit his 400th career double.

Baker (9-7) allowed three hits and one walk, striking out four to improve to 5-1 in eight starts since June 25.

David Huff (5-6) allowed 11 hits and seven runs over 4 2-3 innings. The rookie is 2-4 with a 7.94 ERA in seven starts since July 3.

Mariners 7, Royals 6

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - Ichiro Suzuki homered to lead off the game and ended it with a great sliding catch as Seattle snapped a five-game losing streak to Kansas City.

The Royals loaded the bases with two outs against Seattle closer David Aardsma with two singles and a walk. John Buck lifted a high fly ball to right and Suzuki went into a feet-first slide to make the game-ending catch in foul territory. Aardsma earned his 26th save in 28 opportunities.

Russell Branyan's RBI single off Ron Mahay put Seattle on top 7-6 in the seventh. No. 9 hitter Michael Saunders had three hits for the Mariners, who beat Kansas City for the first time since July 13, 2008.

Shawn Kelley (3-1) got the win with two innings of one-run relief. The loss went to Jamey Wright (1-4), who gave up two hits and one run while pitching one inning plus one batter.

Suzuki's major league-leading average stayed at .364 as he went 2 for 5, reached base four times and scored three runs.