Jorge Posada had a go-ahead double and a bizarre throwing error that cost New York a run and put Yuniesky Betancourt on second after striking out. But the Yankees rebounded to help CC Sabathia (13-3) win his ninth straight decision.

Rodriguez, who had four RBIs, hit a solo homer to right field in the seventh inning, putting New York ahead 6-4 and leaving him one shy of becoming the seventh major league player to reach 600.

The slugger came up again with a chance for No. 600 in the eighth. He smacked an RBI double and was pulled for a pinch runner.

Jeter’s deep drive in the third off Bruce Chen (5-4) settled in center fielder David DeJesus’ glove, but he ran into the padded fence with his arm extended in front of him. His glove and wrist twisted back and the ball popped out as DeJesus fell.

Jeter motored home for his second career inside-the-park home run, tying the game at 3. His first came Aug. 2, 1996, his rookie season.

DeJesus sprained his thumb on the play and was replaced by Rick Ankiel , who came off the disabled list earlier in the day. The Royals said DeJesus would miss the rest of the four-game series.

At Arlington, Texas, Cliff Lee pitched into the ninth inning to beat fellow All-Star Jered Weaver , and Texas edged Los Angeles to give the AL West leaders a six-game lead over the second-place Angels.

Lee (9-4) allowed five hits, struck out four and didn’t walk a batter over 8 1-3 innings in his third start since he was acquired from Seattle in a six-player trade July 9. Neftali Feliz got two outs for his 26th save.

Weaver (9-6) gave up three runs and seven hits in six innings with five strikeouts and two walks.

Michael Young homered and Josh Hamilton drove in the go-ahead run with a double in the sixth as the Rangers opened a stretch of seven games against the Angels over an 11-day span.

At Seattle, seldom-used Eric Patterson doubled home two runs with two outs in the 13th against Garrett Olson (0-3) and Boston overcame Seattle’s five-run ninth against Manny Delcarmen and closer Jonathan Papelbon .

Josh Bard broke up John Lackey’s bid for baseball’s fifth no-hitter this season on a clean single to right-center with two outs in the eighth. The last-place Mariners then rose up for five runs on three hits and two Boston errors to tie it in the ninth.

Bill Hall , J.D. Drew and Marco Scutaro homered as Boston scored more than four runs for the first time in eight games since the All-Star break.

At Baltimore, Carl Pavano pitched a five-hitter for his career-best seventh straight victory and Minnesota beat the incensed Baltimore Orioles.

Pavano (12-6) struck out four and walked one in his fifth complete game of the season and 12th of his career. The right-hander is 7-0 in nine starts since June 3.

Orioles first baseman Ty Wigginton, pitching coach Rick Kranitz and interim manager Juan Samuel were all ejected in the seventh inning. It was a rare show of emotion for the team with the worst record in the majors.

The struggling Orioles (30-65) finished with five hits and three ejections.

Pavano got all the offensive support he needed when Delmon Young hit a three-run double in the first inning off Kevin Millwood (2-9). Michael Cuddyer hit his 10th homer leading off the fourth.

At Detroit, Miguel Cabrera started a three-run eighth inning with an RBI double and Justin Verlander settled down after a rocky start to go eight innings in Detroit’s victory over Toronto.

Verlander (12-5) struggled through the first two innings but ended up allowing two runs and eight hits. He walked two batters in the first but didn’t issue another base on balls.

Ricky Romero (7-7) gave up three runs and seven hits in seven-plus innings.

Johnny Damon walked to start the eighth, and Shawn Camp replaced Romero. Magglio Ordonez singled, moving Damon to second, and Cabrera followed with his third hit — a double that made it 3-2. Ryan Raburn’s single gave the Tigers a 4-2 lead, and Gerald Laird added a sacrifice fly.

Jose Valverde pitched the ninth for his 20th save as Detroit won its second straight after a season-worst seven-game losing streak. Toronto lost for the second time in seven games.