AL roundup: Twins ruin Buehrle's bid to remain perfect

MINNEAPOLIS — Coming off the 18th perfect game in major league history, Mark Buehrle retired the first 17 batters he faced on Tuesday night to set a record with 45 consecutive outs before Minnesota rallied for a 5-3 victory.

Buehrle (11-4) lost what would have been his second straight perfect game and his no-hitter with two outs in the sixth. He wound up allowing five runs and five hits in 6 1/3 innings.

He surpassed the mark of 41 straight batters set by San Francisco's Jim Barr in 1972 and tied by Buehrle's teammate Bobby Jenks, a reliever, in 2007.

Nick Punto had a two-run single and Brendan Harris added an RBI single in Minnesota's four-run seventh to move the Twins (51-50) into a tie with the White Sox for second place in the AL Central.

RAYS 6, YANKEES 2: At St. Petersburg, Fla., Tampa Bay's Scott Kazmir outpitched CC Sabathia to win for the first time in more than two months. Evan Longoria hit a solo homer and Carl Crawford had an RBI triple off Sabathia (10-7), and AL East-leading New York lost for just the second time in 12 games since the All-Star break. Kazmir (5-6) took a four-hitter into the eighth inning to win for the first time since May 9, against Boston.

RANGERS 7, TIGERS 3: At Arlington, Texas, Ian Kinsler drove in three runs and rookie Elvis Andrus homered and had three hits for Texas. Kinsler, who was in a huge funk at the plate that shrunk his batting average from .272 to .242., highlighted a four-run second with a two-run triple. Kinsler had just 16 hits in his last 103 at-bats. Ex-Tiger Jason Grilli (1-1) pitched two perfect innings of relief to get the win.

ROYALS 4, ORIOLES 3 (11 INNINGS): At Baltimore, Mark Teahen led off the 11th inning with a 45-foot single and scored on a single by John Buck for Kansas City. The Royals' second straight win gave them their first winning streak since a three-game run on July 4-6. Billy Butler hit a two-run homer and Willie Bloomquist added a solo shot for Kansas City.

ATHLETICS 9, RED SOX 8 (11 INNINGS): At Boston, Rajai Davis singled home Mark Ellis in the ninth to send the game into extra innings, then did it again in the 11th to give Oakland the win. Boston led 7-4 when Jonathan Papelbon blew just his third save in 28 opportunities, thanks in part to two ninth-inning throwing errors by shortstop Nick Green. It was still 7-7 with two outs in the 11th when Ellis doubled off Manny Delcarmen (2-2) and scored on Davis' single to right. Davis scored on Adam Kennedy's career-high fifth hit to make it 9-7.

MARINERS 4, BLUE JAYS 3: At Seattle, Ichiro Suzuki dumped an 0-2 pitch from Toronto reliever Scott Downs into center field with two outs in the ninth inning to score Rob Johnson, and the Mariners snapped their four-game losing streak. It was the first game-ending hit of Suzuki's career.

ANGELS 7, INDIANS 6: At Anaheim, Calif., Gary Matthews doubled twice and knocked in three runs and four other Angels players added an RBI apiece in a victory over Cleveland, which nearly rallied in the ninth with a two-run rally off Los Angeles closer Brian Fuentes.