San Diego Padres’ left fielder Jesus Guzman (centre) leaps in the air as he celebrates with team-mates after driving in the game winning run in the 17th inning to defeat the Toronto Blue Jays during their interleague Major League Baseball game in San Diego, California, yesterday.
Detroit: Chris Dickerson belted a three-run homer with two outs in the bottom of the ninth to help the Baltimore Orioles steal a come-from-behind 7-5 victory over the Detroit Tigers yesterday.
Miguel Cabrera and Avisail Garcia had homered for the Tigers while unbeaten Max Scherzer pitched an impressive eight innings to give the visitors a 5-3 lead heading into the ninth.
However, closer Jose Valverde gave up a home run to Nick Markakis and another pair of singles before Dickerson’s blast moved the Orioles to 31-24 and dropped Detroit to 29-24.
Elsewhere, CC Sabathia returned to the winner’s circle, pitching into the eighth inning to help the New York Yankees snap a five-game losing streak with a 4-1 victory over their arch rivals, the Boston Red Sox.
Sabathia struck out 10 batters, allowing just three hits, as the Yankees bounced back from a pummelling in the Subway Series against the Mets to improve to 31-23, a game behind the Red Sox (33-23).
Cincinnati’s Johnny Cueto was even more precise, allowing just one hit over eight innings to help the Reds to a 6-0 win over Pittsburgh.
Jay Bruce and Brandon Phillips claimed home runs to spoil the 1,000th game at PNC Park in Pittsburgh, moving the Reds into a tie with the Pirates at 34-21.
Oakland starter Bartolo Colon pitched a nine-inning shutout to help the Athletics (32-24) to a 3-0 win over the Chicago White Sox (24-28).
Ace pitcher Stephen Strasburg left with a strained oblique early on but the Washington Nationals still prevailed 3-2 over the Atlanta Braves.
Denard Span knocked out a pair of triples and scored twice to help the Nats to 28-27, closing the gap on the division leading Braves (32-22).
Tampa Bay’s unbeaten Matt Moore (8-0) only pitched an inning as three rain delays in the first two innings stalled the Rays’ 9-2 win over the Cleveland Indians until 2:53 a.m. local time in the morning.
Matt Joyce and James Loney hit home runs in a five-run third and the latter added another in the eighth to help the Rays to 30-24, leaving Cleveland with a record of 29-25.
In another match played yesterday, Toronto (23-32) and San Diego (25-29) needed 17 innings to be separated with the Padres finally prevailing 4-3 when Jesus Guzman drove in Jedd Gyorko with two outs.
Fresh off after sweeping the Yankees in their previous match, the New York Mets (22-30) suffered a shock 5-1 defeat by the Miami Marlins (14-41). REUTERS
