TORONTO, 2 August 2005 — Tony Womack smacked a single to score Hideki Matsui in the bottom of the 11th inning to give the New York Yankees an 8-7 victory over the Los Angeles Angels on Sunday.
Derek Jeter had four hits for the Yankees, who had trailed 6-2 in the eighth and 7-6 in the 10th, and drove in a run while Jason Giambi added two solo home runs, with the second the 300th of his major league career.
Tom Gordon (4-4) picked up the win with a perfect 11th inning while Kevin Gregg (1-2) allowed two runs on four hits over 1 1/3 innings and took the loss.
Angels catcher Bengie Molina hit a three-run homer while his brother Jose added a solo shot.
In Toronto, Vernon Wells hit a two-run homer while Reed Johnson added a solo shot for the Blue Jays in their 5-1 victory over the Texas Rangers.
Gustavo Chacin (11-5) pitched 6 1/3 innings, allowing one run on four hits, walking four and striking out six for the win while C.J. Wilson (0-3) took the loss on six innings work, allowing four runs on eight hits and striking out six.
In Boston, Manny Ramirez drove in the winning run with an eighth inning single to help the Red Sox to their fifth-successive win with a 4-3 victory over the Minnesota Twins.
Mike Timlin (4-1) pitched 1 1/3 innings, allowing two hits, walking one and striking out one for the win. Curt Schilling pitched one inning for his fifth save.
In St. Petersburg, Travis Lee homered as the Tampa Bay Devil Rays beat the Kansas City Royals 6-2.
Mark Hendrickson (5-7) pitched 7 1/3 innings, allowing two runs on four hits, walking one and striking out two for the win.
Jose Lima (4-9) pitched five innings, allowing three runs on six hits, walking five and striking out five to take the loss.
In Oakland, Kirk Saarloos pitched a complete game seven-hitter as the Athletics beat the Detroit Tigers 5-2.
Saarloos (7-6) allowed two runs, walking one and striking out two.
Nick Swisher and Jay Payton both homered for Oakland.
Jeremy Bonderman (13-7) got the loss, allowing four runs on eight hits, walking four and striking out one.
In Seattle, Casey Blake homered as the Cleveland Indians beat the Mariners 9-7.
Jake Westbrook (9-12) pitched 5 2/3 innings, allowing seven runs on 11 hits, walking three and striking out two for the win before Bob Wickman pitched one inning for his 27th save.
Joel Pineiro (3-7) pitched five innings, allowing seven runs on eight hits, walking three and striking out two for the loss.
In Baltimore, Jermaine Dye drove in three runs as the Chicago White Sox scored eight runs in the first two innings before beating the Orioles 9-4.
Baltimore’s Rodrigo Lopez (9-6) lasted just 1 1/3 innings, allowing eight runs on seven hits.
