AMERICAN LEAGUE Halladay helps Toronto snap skid

The A's pulled past the Orioles for their fourth straight win.
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TORONTO -- Roy Halladay won his 13th straight decision and Vernon Wells homered as the Toronto Blue Jays ended a four-game losing streak with a 10-3 victory over the New York Yankees on Saturday.
Halladay (13-2) became the first 13-game winner in the majors.
The 26-year-old right-hander is the first Toronto pitcher to win 13 straight decisions since Roger Clemens won a club-record 15 in a row in 1998.
Halladay, who hasn't lost in 17 starts since April 15 against New York, allowed two runs on four hits in eight innings, striking out six and walking none.
Frank Catalanotto hit a go-ahead, two-run single off Mike Mussina (10-6) in the seventh, giving Toronto a 4-2 lead. The Blue Jays, who had 14 hits, broke it open with six runs in the eighth against New York's bullpen.
Reed Johnson drove in three runs for Toronto.
Good offense
Jason Giambi hit his 25th home run for the Yankees, who entered the day two games ahead of Boston for first place in the AL East.
New York reliever Chris Hammond allowed consecutive singles to Carlos Delgado and Greg Myers in the eighth before right fielder Karim Garcia dropped an easy fly ball for an error, which loaded the bases.
After Johnson hit a two-run double off Antonio Osuna, Howie Clark hit a two-run single and Jayson Werth an RBI double. Wells' RBI single off Al Reyes made it 10-2.
Mussina allowed four runs on eight hits in seven innings.
Wells hit his 23rd home run in the first inning, tying a career high he set last year. Johnson's two-out RBI single in the fourth gave Toronto a 2-0 lead.
Halladay allowed just one hit until Derek Jeter singled with two outs in the sixth and Giambi followed with his home run.
NEW YORKTORONTO
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ASrano 2b4000ShStwrt lf3000
Jeter ss3110Werth rf1111
JaGbi 1b4112Ctlnotto dh5012
BWllms dh3100Wells cf5122
Matsui cf4010CDlgdo 1b5220
Posada c4021GMyrs c3120
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KGarca rf3000Clark 2b4222
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Totals33363Totals38101410
New York000002001--3
Toronto10010026x--10
E--Jeter (9), KGarcia (6), Hinske (10). DP--New York 2. LOB--New York 5, Toronto 6. 2B--Werth (4), Johnson (9). HR--JaGiambi (25), Wells (23). S--Jeter.
IPHRERBBSO
New York
Mussina L,10-6784416
CHammond023200
Osuna1-333300
Al Reyes2-310000
Toronto
Halladay W,13-2842206
JuAcevedo1-321111
TreMiller2-300000
CHammond pitched to 3 batters in the 8th. HBP--by Mussina (ShStewart). WP--JuAcevedo. Umpires--Home, Chris Guccione; First, Jerry Meals; Second, Larry Vanover; Third, Gary Darling. T--2:46. A--37,119.
Athletics 5, Orioles 3
OAKLAND, Calif. -- Scott Hatteberg hit a tiebreaking, two-run homer in the eighth inning and Terrence Long had a three-run shot for Oakland.
The defending AL West champions won their fourth straight and matched their season high at 14 games over .500.
Jim Mecir (2-1) pitched a scoreless inning for the win and Keith Foulke worked the ninth for his 24th save in 28 chances.
Hector Carrasco (0-1) allowed a leadoff single to Mark Ellis in the eighth.
One out later, Hatteberg hit the first pitch he saw from Buddy Groom over the wall in right field for his seventh homer of the season. Hatteberg entered the at-bat 1-for-7 with three strikeouts lifetime against Groom.
Long connected for his 10th homer of the season on a 2-1 pitch from Pat Hentgen in the second, sending the ball into the right-field bleachers for a 3-0 lead.
Long, who has a five-game hitting streak, hit a tiebreaking double in the seventh Friday night. He said after that game that he's being more selective at the plate and it's paying off.
Long is batting .327 (18-for-55) over his last 16 games. His streak of 456 straight games played ended June 5 at Florida, but he's determined to convince the A's that he can still play every day.
BALTIMOREOAKLAND
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Gbbons rf4011EChavz 3b3000
TBtsta 3b4000McCty lf3000
Segui dh4010Snglton rf0000
DCruz ss3000RaHrdz c2100
Frdyce c3010Long rf3113
MEllis 2b3110
Totals34381Totals30555
Baltimore003000000--3
Oakland03000002x--5
E--TBatista (11), EChavez (11). DP--Oakland 1. LOB--Baltimore 4, Oakland 2. 2B--Tejada (23). HR--Hatteberg (7), Long (10).
IPHRERBBSO
Baltimore
Hentgen733313
HCarrasco L,0-1 1-311100
Groom2-311100
Oakland
Halama563103
Bradford210001
Mecir W,2-1110000
Foulke S,24100001
Umpires--Home, Lance Barksdale; First, Mike DiMuro; Second, Gerry Davis; Third, Dave Aschwege. T--2:13. A--44,807.
Angels 6, Twins 1
ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Darin Erstad hit a tiebreaking two-run triple in the seventh inning and Jarrod Washburn pitched seven solid innings for Anaheim.
Scott Spiezio went 3-for-4 with an RBI single and sacrifice fly, helping the Angels win for the 11th time in 15 games. Washburn (8-9) allowed a run and five hits, striking out five and walking one.
With batting coach Scott Ullger running the Twins because of manager Ron Gardenhire's one-game suspension, Minnesota lost its seventh straight game -- the team's longest skid this season. The Twins, who lost to the Angels in last year's ALCS, are four games under .500.
Gardenhire was suspended in the aftermath of a beanball incident at Cleveland on July 3, when left-hander Kenny Rogers hit Milton Bradley with a pitch in retaliation for the Twins' two batters plunked by C.C. Sabathia. Rogers began serving his five-game suspension.
MINNESOTAANAHEIM
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Mntkw 1b3010Salmon dh4010
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LeCroy dh4010Glaus 3b4011
Przyns c3000BMolna c4000
Mohr lf3010DVnon rf3220
Hcking 3b3111AKndy 2b3110
Rivas 2b3000Figgins ss3010
Totals30151Totals336116
Minnesota000010000--1
Anaheim00000141x--6
--Kielty (2). DP--Anaheim 1. LOB--Minnesota 4, Anaheim 9. 2B--LeCroy (10), Mohr (15), Glaus (17). 3B--Erstad (1). HR--Hocking (2). SB--DaVanon (10). CS--Kielty (2). S--Figgins. SF--Spiezio.
IPHRERBBSO
Minnesota
Radke L,5-96 1-384317
Romero031100
Balfour101130
Baldwin2-300001
Anaheim
Washburn W,8-9751115
FRodriguez200012
Romero pitched to 3 batters in the 7th. Umpires--Home, Sam Holbrook; First, Paul Schrieber; Second, Randy Marsh; Third, Jack Samuels. T--2:46. A--43,174.