Tribe tops Blue Jays, 9-7, in 12 innings

Indians’ closer Kerry Wood gave up two runs in the bottom of the ninth inning.

TORONTO (AP) — Josh Barfield singled home the go-ahead run in the 12th inning and the Cleveland Indians beat the Toronto Blue Jays 9-7 on Monday night.

Mark DeRosa opened the 12th with a double to right off Shawn Camp (0-1). One out later, Luis Valbuena walked and Barfield followed with a single up the middle, scoring DeRosa.

Grady Sizemore capped the rally with a two-out, two-run double into the right-field corner.

Rafael Betancourt (1-1) pitched two innings for the win.

Jensen Lewis came on after Rafael Perez gave up three hits in the bottom of the 12th, including an RBI single to Rod Barajas, and got his first save by striking out Aaron Hill with runners at first and third.

Cleveland’s first extra-inning win of the season came after a wild ninth inning when both teams came within a strike of victory only to blow the save.

Leading 4-3 to begin the ninth, Toronto handed the ball to right-hander Brandon League because closer Scott Downs had pitched in three straight games.

Asdrubal Cabrera gave League his second blown save, tying it 4-all with a two-out, two-strike single that scored David Dellucci. Victor Martinez followed with an RBI double and he scored on a base hit by Shin-Soo Choo.

Toronto answered with two runs in the bottom half against Cleveland closer Kerry Wood. With two outs and runners at second and third, Jose Bautista sent it to extra innings by lining Wood’s 2-2 pitch into left-center for a two-run single.

The Blue Jays took a 2-0 lead on Barajas’ sacrifice fly in the second and Adam Lind’s RBI double in the third.

Toronto left-hander Brian Tallet didn’t give up a hit through the first six innings but was roughed up in the seventh. Ryan Garko ended the no-hit bid with a one-out single up the middle and Matt LaPorta followed with a two-run homer to right, tying the game at 2.

It was the first career hit for LaPorta, a former first-round draft pick by Milwaukee who was dealt to Cleveland in last year’s trade for CC Sabathia. LaPorta was called up from Triple-A on Saturday and made his major league debut Sunday.

Tallet gave up a bunt single to Ben Francisco, a double to Sizemore and an RBI fielder’s choice by Cabrera, giving the Indians a 3-2 lead.

Toronto reclaimed the lead in the bottom half on a two-out, two-run single by Wells, chasing Indians starter Fausto Carmona.

Carmona allowed four runs and eight hits in 6 2-3 innings. He walked one and struck out three.

Tallet gave up three runs and five hits a career-high seven innings. He walked three and struck out five.

Notes

Blue Jays LHP B.J. Ryan will head to Florida today or Wednesday to began a minor league rehab assignment. Ryan, who has blown two saves in four chances, went on the DL on April 23 with muscle tightness in his back and shoulder. He will pitch twice at Class A before moving up to Double-A. ... Toronto LHP Ricky Romero (strained muscle in his right side) threw his second bullpen session in the past three days and will begin a rehab assignment in Florida this week. He will make two starts at Class A before being reevaluated. ... Barajas has 12 RBIs in his last 11 games.