NEW YORK (AP) " Alex Rodriguez belted a game-ending, two-run homer in the 11th inning to give New York a 6-4 win over the Minnesota Twins on Saturday.
Rodriguez hit a long drive off Craig Breslow (1-2) into the seats in left after Mark Teixeira led off with a walk. A jubilant Rodriguez threw his arms up as he rounded first, then discarded his batting helmet as he made it to the plate and was mobbed by teammates.
Teixeira tied a career high with four hits and also had four RBIs for New York, which has won four straight. Alfredo Aceves (1-0) pitched a scoreless inning to earn the victory.
Justin Morneau hit his third homer in two games and Joe Mauer also connected for the second straight day for Minnesota.
Rays 4, Indians 2
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) " B.J. Upton homered for the second consecutive day and Matt Garza pitched six effective innings for Tampa Bay.
Gabe Gross and Akinori Iwamura pulled off a double steal in the fifth, giving Tampa Bay at least one stolen base in 18 straight games, which is the longest stretch in the AL since the New York Yankees had a 19-game run in 1914. Both scored on Jason Bartlett's single to make it 3-0.
Garza (4-2) gave up two runs and five hits, and Joe Nelson earned his second save.
Pavano (3-4) had his three-start winning streak end. He allowed three runs, six hits, two walks and struck out six in five-plus innings.
Blue Jays, 2 White Sox 1
TORONTO (AP) " Jose Bautista drove in the go-ahead run in the eighth inning, and the Blue Jays beat Chicago to give rookie right-hander Robert Ray his first major league win.
Ray (1-1) allowed one unearned run and three hits in a career-high eight innings. He walked one and struck out three, before Scott Downs closed it out for his fourth save.
Toronto trailed 1-0 to begin the eighth against Chicago reliever Scott Linebrink (1-2), before Vernon Wells hit a one-out single, stole second and came around on Adam Lind's double into the right field corner.
Lind went to third on a wild pitch and scored when Bautista followed with a single to left. Orioles 3, Royals 2
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) " Rich Hill came off the disabled list to pitch into the sixth inning, picking up his first victory in more than a year for the Orioles.
Hill, who had been out with a strained left elbow, limited the Royals to two runs on seven hits " six of them singles " and two runs in 5 2-3 innings.
Danys Baez, Jim Johnson and George Sherrill held the Royals hitless after Hill exited, with Sherrill working a flawless ninth to pick up his seventh save in nine opportunities.
Kyle Davies (2-2) got the loss for the bumbling Royals, who have scored three runs or fewer in 17 of 37 games, have lost seven of their past eight. Tigers 9, Athletics 1
DETROIT (AP) " Miguel Cabrera drove in four runs, Ryan Raburn hit a three-run homer and the Tigers roughed up the Athletics for the second straight night.
Raburn, who entered the series hitting .095, has two homers and eight RBIs as the Tigers have outscored Oakland 23-2 in the first two games of the weekend set.
Rick Porcello (4-3) allowed one run on three hits and two walks in six innings. The 20-year-old rookie is 3-0 with a 1.00 ERA in three May starts.
Dallas Braden (3-5) gave up six runs on nine hits and two walks in five innings. Rangers 5, Angels 3
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) " John Lackey, activated from the disabled list earlier Saturday, was ejected after hitting Texas leadoff batter Ian Kinsler in the Rangers' win.
The Angels led 1-0 after Chone Figgins walked on four pitches to start the game and scored on a wild pitch by Vicente Padilla (3-2).
Lackey's first pitch went behind the head of Kinsler. The next one hit him in the side of his upper body, and plate umpire Bob Davidson, without a warning, immediately ejected Lackey.
Shane Loux (2-3), who threw 30 pitches over two inning and gave up a 460-foot homer to Hamilton on Friday night, replaced Lackey and allowed four runs over 3 1-3 innings.