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Boston drops Jays with double in ninth

BOSTON 3 TORONTO 2 Pedro Ciriaco drove in the tiebreaking run with a twoout double in the ninth inning, Cody Ross hit a solo homer and the Red Sox won their second straight, beating the Blue Jays.

BOSTON 3 TORONTO 2

Pedro Ciriaco drove in the tiebreaking run with a twoout double in the ninth inning, Cody Ross hit a solo homer and the Red Sox won their second straight, beating the Blue Jays.

After stranding runners at third base three times in the previous five innings, the Red Sox finally broke through in the ninth.

Jarrod Saltalamacchia led off with a double against Steve Delabar (4-2), Ryan Lavarnway struck out and Saltalamacchia moved to third on Mike Aviles' flyball. Ciriaco followed with a double to left.

SEATTLE 8 TEXAS 6

ARLINGTON, Texas - Justin Smoak homered in the eighth and drove in a run in the ninth to lead the Seattle Mariners to an 8-6 win over the Texas Rangers on Saturday night.

Smoak had three hits, two runs and three RBIs.

Seattle built a 6-0 lead in the first three innings before Texas rallied to tie the game.

Lucas Luetge (2-1) got two outs for the victory while Tom Wilhelmsen got the final four outs for his 27th save in 30 chances.

N.Y. YANKEES 5 TAMPA BAY 3

NEW YORK - Ivan Nova was sharp in his return from a shoulder injury and the Yankees got back-to-back home runs from Curtis Granderson and Eduardo Nunez in a victory over Tampa Bay.

Derek Jeter and Alex Rodriguez each had an RBI single for the Yankees, who began the day tied with Baltimore atop the AL East.

Evan Longoria homered for the third-place Rays, who fell four games behind New York.

Nova (12-7) missed a little more than three weeks with inflammation in his right rotator cuff. Making his first start since Aug. 21, he was charged with two runs and four hits in six-plus innings. He struck out eight and walked two.

OAKLAND 5 BALTIMORE 2

OAKLAND, California - Stephen Drew homered and made a pair of big defensive plays to back Jarrod Parker, and the Oakland Athletics beat the Baltimore Orioles 5-2 on Saturday night.

Chris Carter had a two-run double as part of a five-run third inning while Josh Reddick added two hits and an RBI for Oakland, which has won two straight over Baltimore to clinch the season series between the top two teams in the American League wild card race.

The A's also pulled within two games of first-place Texas in the AL West.