AMERICAN LEAGUE Pettitte bests Martinez as Yanks drop Boston, 10-7

Pedro Martinez gave up five runs in just four innings for the Red Sox.
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BOSTON -- Andy Pettitte outlasted Pedro Martinez, surviving early trouble to earn his 17th victory Saturday as the New York Yankees beat the Boston Red Sox 10-7 and extended their lead in the AL East to 41/2 games.
Jorge Posada homered twice and Nick Johnson had four hits and four RBIs to help Pettitte (17-7) move into a tie for the league lead in wins. He allowed three earned runs on seven hits in seven innings, striking out seven to win for the fourth consecutive start and 12th time in 13 decisions.
Mariano Rivera earned his 30th save despite contributing to Boston's three-run eighth inning that cut New York's lead to one.
Coming on with one out, the bases loaded and an 8-4 lead, Rivera gave up a two-run double to pinch-hitter David McCarty and two walks to score another run before striking out Bill Mueller to end the threat.
Martinez (10-4) struggled to make it through the fourth, allowing five runs on nine hits and striking out three.
Posada hit his second homer in the ninth, a two-run shot off Byung-Hyun Kim, to make it 10-7.
Nomar Garciaparra, who was a triple shy of hitting for the cycle Friday night, got one in his first at-bat Saturday. He also had a single in the fifth and led off the eighth with a double high off the Green Monster as Boston loaded the bases.
NEW YORKBOSTON
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Jeter ss4220Damon cf4111
NJhnsn 1b5044Mueller 3b5100
JaGbi dh4000Grcprr ss5232
BWllms cf4001DOrtiz dh4131
Matsui lf4110Millar 1b5111
Posada c5223Varitek c4100
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KGarca rf3110TWalkr 2b1000
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JRivra rf1000McCty ph1012
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Totals40101510Totals387107
New York002300032--10
Boston301000030--7
E--Pettitte (4). DP--Boston 1. LOB--New York 7, Boston 8. 2B--Jeter (23), NJohnson (17), ABoone 2 (7), Garciaparra (35), McCarty (4). 3B--Garciaparra (13). HR--Posada 2 (26), DOrtiz (23). SF--BWilliams.
IPHRERBBSO
New York
Pettitte W,17-7774307
Nelson1-313310
GWhite1-300000
MRivera S,301 1-320021
Boston
PMartinez L,10-4495503
Arroyo3 1-311112
Embree2-332201
BKim122201
HBP--by Nelson (Varitek), by Arroyo (Jeter), by PMartinez (JaGiambi). Umpires--Home, Mark Carlson; First, Paul Nauert; Second, Rob Drake; Third, Ed Rapuano. T--3:42. A--34,350.
Mariners 13, Orioles 1
SEATTLE -- Carlos Guillen had two doubles and three RBIs in a 10-run fifth inning, leading Gil Meche to his first win in four starts as Seattle routed sloppy Baltimore. Seattle scored all 10 runs with two outs, and five of the runs came after third baseman Tony Batista's fielding error. The 10-run inning was a run shy of the Mariners' record, last done in 1984.
Rey Sanchez also had three RBIs and Randy Winn had three hits for the Mariners, who scored three runs in the ninth on Friday night to come back and beat Baltimore 3-2.
The Mariners cut Oakland's lead in the AL West to 11/2 games and they moved ahead of Boston by a half game in the wild-card race. The Athletics played Tampa Bay late Saturday.
BALTIMORESEATTLE
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Matos cf3000Cmeron cf4110
Bigbie lf3010EMrtnz dh3210
Conine 1b4021McLmr dh0000
Gbbons rf2000BBoone 2b4112
Morban 2b2000Blmqist 2b1000
TBtsta 3b4000CGillen 3b4123
Cust dh3000Cirillo 3b1000
DCruz ss3000Olerud 1b4220
Mchado c3010Winn lf4230
RSnchz ss5123
BDavis c4112
Totals31151Totals37131310
Baltimore100000000--1
Seattle1101(10)000x--13
E--BRoberts (5), TBatista (15), Moss (1). DP--Baltimore 1. LOB--Baltimore 5, Seattle 7. 2B--BRoberts (16), EMartinez (21), CGuillen 2 (15), Olerud (28), BDavis (17). 3B--Bigbie (1). CS--Cameron (5). S--Matos.
IPHRERBBSO
Baltimore
Moss L,1-34 2-377540
Bauer1-346120
HCarrasco100000
Ligtenberg100010
Groom120000
Seattle
Meche W,14-10631118
JMateo100001
Sasaki110002
Benitez110001
WP--Bauer. PB--Machado. Umpires--Home, Jeff Kellogg; First, Joe West; Second, Dave Aschwege; Third, Bill Miller. T--2:52. A--45,618.