Mariners sink Sox in extra innings

Published: Friday, July 3, 2009 11:51 p.m. MDT
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BOSTON — Rob Johnson doubled home two runs in the 11th inning and Seattle beat Boston 7-6 on Friday night.

George Kottaras hit his first major-league homer in the bottom of the 11th for the Red Sox, who tied the game at 5 with two runs in the eighth inning.

Seattle's Ronny Cedeno hit a tie-breaking, two-run homer in a three-run fourth, three batters after a fan in the front row snatched a foul pop that third baseman Kevin Youkilis was attempting to make a play on.

Tim Wakefield made his 383rd start for the Red Sox, surpassing Roger Clemens for the top spot on the team's all-time list.

Jose Lopez added a solo homer for Seattle, which won for the 11th time in 16 games.

J.D. Drew hit a solo homer for the Red Sox, who saw their major league-best home record fall to 25-11.

Chris Jakubauskas (5-5) pitched two hitless innings for the win and Mark Lowe, despite giving up the homer to Kottaras, earned his first save.

YANKEES 4, BLUE JAYS 2: At New York, A.J. Burnett scattered six hits over seven innings and Robinson Cano and Alex Rodriguez homered for New York.

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The Yankees rebounded from Thursday night's 8-4 loss to Seattle for their eighth win in nine games.

Burnett (7-4), who lost to his former team at Toronto on May 12, allowed two runs, struck out seven and walked two. Mariano Rivera struck out two in a perfect ninth for his 21st save in 22 chances. Vernon Wells, who entered in a 2-for-19 slide, homered in the sixth to pull the Blue Jays to 3-2.

INDIANS 15, ATHLETICS 3: At Cleveland, Shin-Soo Choo homered twice and drove in a career-high seven runs and Cleveland snapped a five-game losing streak. Choo had a single, two-run double, three-run homer and capped his night with a solo shot.

WHITE SOX 5, ROYALS 0: At Kansas City, Mo., John Danks threw 7-1/3 shutout innings and got a big lift from reliever Scott Linebrink as the White Sox beat the Royals 5-0 for their seventh straight victory.

ORIOLES 6, ANGELS 4: At Anaheim, Calif., Aubrey Huff stroked a 3-run homer in the third to clips the Angels.

RANGERS 3, RAYS 1: At Arlington, Texas, Tommy Hunter earned his first career victory on his 23rd birthday, Hank Blalock homered and the Rangers won their third in a row, beating the Rays.

TIGERS 11, TWINS 9: At Minneapolis, Detroit got three runs in the top of the 16th inning to finally put away the Twins who matched a 14th-inning run to extend the game.

The two teams combined to use 15 pitchers in the game and Freddy Dolsi got the win with three innings of relief.

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Mary Schwalm, Associated Press

Seattle's Rob Johnson hits a key two-run double in the 11th inning Friday night.

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