AL roundup: Mariners' Lee stymies Yanks

NEW YORK — Cliff Lee pitched his third straight complete game and the Seattle Mariners beat the New York Yankees 7-4 on Tuesday night.

Lee (7-3) beat New York twice in last year's World Series for the Philadelphia Phillies, including Game 1 at Yankee Stadium. He won the ballpark opener for Cleveland in April 2009.

This time, the left-hander allowed two solo homers to Nick Swisher and his first walk in almost a month. The Yankees scored twice in the ninth.

Jorge Posada's walk in the second inning was Lee's first since walking Nick Punto on June 2 — 144 batters and five starts ago.

Rob Johnson hit a two-run double in the sixth and Ichiro Suzuki drove in two runs with an RBI single in the third and a sacrifice fly in the fifth. Franklin Gutierrez homered for Seattle.

Yankees starter Phil Hughes (10-2) allowed seven runs — six earned — and 10 hits in 5 2-3 innings. The Yankees had won six of eight.

Lee yielded three earned runs in his 18th career complete game and fifth this season.

RED SOX 8, RAYS 5: At Boston, David Ortiz hit a three-run homer to break a fifth-inning tie, and Adrian Beltre had four hits for Boston. John Lackey (9-3) won his fifth straight decision, allowing one run and eight hits to give the Red Sox their 10th win in 13 games. With the Yankees' loss to the Seattle Mariners, Boston moved within one game behind first-place New York in the AL East.

INDIANS 5, BLUE JAYS 4: At Cleveland, Fausto Carmona rebounded from his worst start of the season by pitching into the seventh inning for Cleveland. Carmona (7-6) gave up four runs — three earned — and six hits over 6 1/3 innings to help the Indians to their first three-game winning streak since a four-game run June 9-12. Cleveland followed that modest streak by losing 10 of 11 until winning Sunday in Cincinnati.

ATHLETICS 4, ORIOLES 2: At Baltimore, substitute starter Vin Mazzaro allowed three hits in six-plus innings and Kurt Suzuki had three RBIs as Oakland won its fourth straight. Coco Crisp had three hits, stole two bases and scored twice for the A's, whose winning streak matches their season high. Since returning from the disabled list a week ago, Crisp is 10 for 22 (.455) with nine runs scored in six games.