American League roundup

Published 5:00 am Friday, May 13, 2011

• Orioles 2, Mariners 1: BALTIMORE — J.J. Hardy singled in two runs in the 12th inning, and Baltimore rallied to beat Seattle for a three-game sweep. After Seattle scored in the top half of the 12th, the Orioles bounced back in the bottom half against Brandon League (0-3). Derrek Lee hit a leadoff single, and League hit Vladimir Guerrero and Adam Jones with pitches to load the bases with no outs. Matt Wieters hit a liner that shortstop Luis Rodriguez snagged, but Hardy followed with a bouncer up the middle that scored Lee and pinch-runner Jake Fox.

• Royals 11, Yankees 5: NEW YORK — Eric Hosmer and Melky Cabrera homered and Kansas City beat New York, sending the Yankees to their first home series loss of the season. New York’s Robinson Cano homered a day after he was hit in the head with a pitch, and Alex Rodriguez homered for the first time in 65 at-bats. Sean O’Sullivan (2-2) retired his first 13 batters before running into trouble, but pitched into the seventh to give Kansas City its eighth win in 12 games, and drop the Yankees from first place for the first time since April 13.

• Rays 7, Indians 4: CLEVELAND — James Shields pitched seven strong innings to finally beat Cleveland, and Tampa Bay did some more road repair to their record with a victory over the Indians. Tampa Bay has won 10 of 11 on the road and owns the majors’ best mark away from home at 13-5. The Rays are 21-7 overall following a 1-8 start. Cleveland lost for just the second time in 16 home games. Shields (4-1) gave up two runs and seven hits. The right-hander came in 0-4 in six starts against Cleveland, the only AL team he hadn’t beaten.

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