Yankees stop Tigers’ 12-game win streak, A-Rod booed

NEW YORK, N.Y. : Alex Rodriguez drew loud boos in his return home and the New York Yankees overcame Miguel Cabrera’s crushing home run off Mariano Rivera, beating Detroit 4-3 in 10 innings Friday night and snapping the Tigers’ 12-game winning streak.
Cabrera temporarily saved the Tigers by hitting a two-out, two-run homer in the ninth off Rivera that made it 3-all. The reigning Triple Crown winner connected while still hobbling after apparently fouling a ball off himself earlier in the at-bat.
Brett Gardner grounded an RBI single with the bases loaded and two outs in the 10th to end New York’s four-game losing streak.
The AL Central-leading Tigers were trying for their best string since 1934, when they tied the team record of 14 straight wins. That run ended across the street at the old Yankee Stadium when Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig each drove in runs to down Detroit.
Gardner singled just past Cabrera’s dive at third base. Al Alburquerque (2-3) took the loss and Shawn Kelley (4-1) got the win.
Royals 9 Red Sox 6: In Kansas City, Missouri, Justin Maxwell homered and singled twice in a six-run sixth and Kansas City rallied to beat Boston.
The Royals have won 15 of their past 17 games to move seven games above .500, matching their best record of the season.
Maxwell, whom the Royals acquired on July 31 from the Houston Astros for a minor league pitcher, homered leading off the second.
Athletics 14 Blue Jays 6: In Toronto, Josh Reddick broke out of a slump by homering in three consecutive at-bats, and Jed Lowrie and Yoenis Cespedes also connected in Oakland’s victory over Toronto.
Reddick was hitless in his previous 20 at-bats before connecting off Esmil Rogers with a solo blast in the second inning that hit the facing of the second deck in right. He hit another solo homer in the fifth, an opposite-field shot to left off reliever Neil Wagner, then smacked a three-run drive off Juan Perez in the sixth.

Angels 5 Indians 2: In Cleveland, Jered Weaver chalked up another win in Cleveland and Josh Hamilton hit a three-run homer as Los Angeles ended its four-game losing streak with a victory over Cleveland, which dropped its fifth in a row.
Weaver (7-5) allowed two runs and six hits in seven innings. The right-hander has dominated at Progressive Field, going 6-0 in nine career starts. According to the Angels, he entered the game as the first pitcher since 1916 to be 5-0 or better with an ERA of 1.52 or lower at any road ballpark.
Hamilton connected in the first inning when the Angels scored five off Scott Kazmir (7-5), who lost for the first time since June 10 — a span of 10 starts.

Twins 7 White Sox 5, 1st game
Twins 3 White Sox 2 10 innings, 2nd game: In Chicago, Oswaldo Arcia homered leading off the 10th inning and Minnesota beat Chicago to complete the day-night doubleheader sweep.
Josh Willingham and Chris Hermann also went deep. Brian Duensing (6-1) picked up the win in both games, and the Twins prevailed in the nightcap after rallying to take the opener 7-5.
The big news came before the first game, with the White Sox trading Alex Rios to Texas.
Then, Justin Morneau hit a grand slam and solo homer to lift the Twins in the early game.
In the second game, Minnesota was trailing 2-1 heading into the eighth when Willingham greeted reliever Matt Lindstrom with a leadoff homer.
Rangers 9 Astros 5: In Houston, Leonys Martin hit a two-run double in a four-run eighth inning, and Texas rallied to beat Houston and tie a season high with its fifth straight victory.
The Astros led by one entering the eighth before Adrian Beltre tied it with an RBI single off Josh Zeid (0-1). Wesley Wright’s two-out, bases-loaded walk of Jurickson Profar put the Rangers on top. Martin then belted a line drive to right field to score two and make it 7-4.
Matt Garza (2-1) yielded seven hits and four runs with eight strikeouts in seven innings for the win.
Brewers 10 Mariners 5: In Seattle, Yuniesky Betancourt highlighted Milwaukee’s five-run fifth inning with his second grand slam of the season, and the Brewers beat the Mariners.
Once the Mariners starting shortstop, Betancourt came back to haunt his former club as the teams opened a three-game series. Betancourt’s slam was his 13th homer of the season and he enjoyed every second of going deep against his former team. Betancourt drove the pitch from Joe Saunders (10-11) out to left, walking and watching as he left the batter’s box, then flipped his bat before excitedly running the bases.