AL Round Up
Sunday, September 23, 2007 12:21 AM PDT
Yanks rally in tenth
Yankees 12, Blue Jays 11, 10 innings
NEW YORK (AP) — Melky Cabrera singled home the winning run in the 10th inning for his fifth RBI as New York won a wild one over Toronto.
Cabrera’s third big hit of the day off Josh Towers (5-10) ended a messy, back-and-forth game that lasted exactly 5 hours — after the start was delayed 92 minutes by rain. The Yankees used a team-record 10 pitchers and again took advantage of a defensive misplay by Blue Jays second baseman Aaron Hill.
New York remained 21/2 games behind first-place Boston in the AL East and improved to 51/2 ahead of Detroit in the wild-card race. Alex Rodriguez had four hits, and Jorge Posada and Hideki Matsui had three each. Jeff Karstens (1-2) pitched a scoreless 10th for the win.
Mariners spoil Angels bid for title for another day
Seattle 3, Los Angeles 2
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Miguel Batista pitched into the sixth inning and Ichiro Suzuki scored a run and drove in another for Seattle, postponing a division-clinching win for Los Angeles. Batista (15-11) allowed only one run despite giving up six hits and five walks in 5 1-3 innings.
He struck out four.
Oft-injured Bartolo Colon (6-8) gave up three runs and eight hits in eight innings to lose for the eighth time in nine decisions.
He got the start because Kelvim Escobar was pushed back because of inflammation in his shoulder. Cha Seung Baek, Ryan Rowland-Smith, George Sherill and J.J. Putz held the Angels scoreless until the ninth, when Vladimir Guerrero drove in Reggie Willits with an RBI groundout. Putz struck out Garret Anderson with Cabrera at second to earn his 39th save in 41 chances.
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Im so very proud of you, you did AMAZING!! Yet still very young and have years to improve, which seems scary. I know grandpa was cheering for you, chanting #1, #1... Keep up the great work kido. "