The Seattle Mariners spent all afternoon trying to put away the New York Yankees. Dan Wilson finally got it done.
Wilson hit a pair of three-run doubles and the Mariners overcame two homers by Alex Rodriguez, snapping their six-game losing streak with a 13-7 victory in 13 innings Saturday in New York.
Scott Spiezio broke a 7-all tie with a two-run double. After blowing leads of 4-0 and 7-4, the Mariners sealed it at last by scoring six times in the 13th against Gabe White.
"It was great to finally finish that off and win the game," Spiezio said.
Rodriguez had his first multihomer game for the Yankees before a sellout crowd of 54,531 on a gorgeous afternoon. New York hit a season-high five homers — four off Jamie Moyer — but wasted two great opportunities to win in the late innings.
"You felt like it was a game that you were meant to win because we kept fighting back," manager Joe Torre said. "But you understand you're not going to go home with the ice cream cone all the time."
Gary Sheffield, Hideki Matsui and Bernie Williams also connected for New York, which lost for only the fourth time in 17 games. The Yankees dropped to 16-1 when scoring at least five runs.
"The game was so long I don't even remember some of the home runs," Derek Jeter said.
RED SOX 4, BLUE JAYS 0: At Toronto, Bronson Arroyo allowed three hits in eight scoreless innings, and Kevin Youkilis homered for his first major league hit. Mark Bellhorn and David Ortiz also homered for the Red Sox. Arroyo (2-1) allowed Eric Hinske's singles in the second and the fourth, and Chris Gomez's triple in the third.Youkilis, recalled from Triple-A Pawtucket before the game, went 2-for-4 in his major league debut.
RANGERS 6, TIGERS 1: At Detroit, Hank Blalock, Alfonso Soriano and Michael Young homered, and Kenny Rogers had a solid outing to lead Texas, at 22-14 off to its best 36-game start since 1998. Blalock hit his 10th home run, and fifth in seven games. Rogers (5-2) allowed a run on eight hits and a walk while striking out two in 6 2/3 innings. Nate Robertson (2-3) had a career-high 10 strikeouts, but gave up three runs on six hits and two walks in 5 2/3 innings.
INDIANS 9, DEVIL RAYS 7: At Cleveland, Victor Martinez drove in a career-high five runs and the Indians dealt Tampa Bay its seventh straight road loss. Martinez hit a three-run double in a four-run second inning, doubled in another run in the third and added a sacrifice fly.
ATHLETICS 3, ROYALS 1: At Kansas City, Mo., Mark Mulder outdueled Darrell May, and Eric Chavez hit a two-run homer for Oakland. Mulder (4-2) gave up four hits and had a season-high seven strikeouts while improving to 7-0 against Kansas City. It was his second straight complete game, following an 8-4 win at Minnesota last Sunday, and 19th of his career.
TWINS 4, WHITE SOX 1: At Chicago, Torii Hunter homered twice and had four hits to help Seth Greisinger get his first win in two years. Hunter singled, doubled and hit solo homers in the sixth and ninth innings for the Twins. His first homer of the night was the 100th of his career.
ANGELS 7, ORIOLES 4: At Baltimore, Jarrod Washburn pitched three-hit ball for eight innings to win his sixth straight start. Vladimir Guerrero and Shane Halter each homered for Anaheim, which has won 12 of 14 and has the best record in the majors at 25-12. With the win, the Angels matched their best start in franchise history.