Wild card watch - Yankees, Rays win while Orioles lose; Indians 2 GB in WC race
BALTIMORE (AP) -- Pinch-runner Chris Dickerson got lost on the bases and was doubled up for the final out, and the Chicago White Sox ended a nine-game losing streak by holding off the Baltimore Orioles 4-2 Sunday.
Down 4-1, Baltimore loaded the bases with no outs in the ninth against Addison Reed. After Ryan Flaherty grounded into a forceout at second base that scored a run, Dickerson ran for him.
Dickerson tried to steal second on a pitch to Brian Roberts, who hit a foul pop near first base. Dickerson didn't know where the ball went, and the baserunning blunder made him an easy out at first.
Rookie Andre Rienzo (2-1) pitched three-hit ball into the seventh inning and Adam Dunn homered. Reed wound up with his 37th save. Adam Jones hit his 31st home run for the Orioles. Bud Norris (10-11) took the loss for the wild-card contenders.
NEW YORK (AP) -- Ichiro Suzuki scored on Brandon Workman's wild pitch with two outs in the ninth inning, and the New York Yankees overcame Mariano Rivera's blown save to avoid a four-game sweep by Boston. The AL East-leading Red Sox had won five in a row.
Rivera (5-2) came in to start the eighth for the first time since 2006. Will Middlebrooks' leadoff homer in the ninth gave Rivera his seventh blown save in 48 chances.
Suzuki hit a one-out single off Workman (5-3) in the bottom half, stole second and advanced to third on Vernon Wells' fly to right. Workman then threw a high pitch that deflected off the mitt of catcher Jarrod Saltalamacchia and caromed away off the backstop, allowing Suzuki to score easily.
SEATTLE (AP) -- Pinch-hitter Sean Rodriguez had a go-ahead single in the eighth inning and the Tampa Bay Rays rallied past Seattle to build their wild-card edge. The Rays lead Baltimore and Cleveland, who both lost, by two games for the second AL wild-card spot.
Trailing 1-0, Tampa Bay scored three times in the eighth. Rodriguez broke a tie with an RBI single and another run came home when center fielder Abraham Almonte bobbled the ball.
Jake McGee (4-3) got two outs and the win. Fernando Rodney closed for his 33rd save in 41 chances. Yoervis Medina (4-5) lost in relief.
