Fan at Yankee Stadium Takes a Fall, and So Do the Yankees

When it comes to the Boston Red Sox-New York Yankee rivalry, anything can happen. On the field, or in the stands.

In a game interrupted when a fan fell from the upper deck onto the screen behind home plate, the Red Sox beat the Yankees, 4-1, Friday night at Yankee Stadium on the pitching of Ramon Martinez.

“I’ve never seen anything like that before,” Martinez said after a man tumbled onto the netting. “Only in the movies.”

The fan, identified as Stephen Laurenzi, 24, of Yonkers, N.Y., was briefly unconscious as he was sprawled on the screen. Able to walk later, he was arrested on a charge of disorderly conduct, police Lt. John Roeder said.

Mike Stanley hit a two-run homer and Carl Everett had a two-run single as Boston broke a first-place tie with the Yankees in the AL East.

Martinez (4-3) allowed seven hits, including Clay Bellinger’s home run, in 7 2/3 innings. He struck out five and walked none.

Minnesota 10, Texas 2--Eric Milton allowed two hits in seven innings at Minneapolis, and Jay Canizaro had four RBIs to help the Twins break a four-game skid.

The Twins, who lost all 12 games to the Rangers last season, have won three of the four games played between the teams this year.

Seattle 11, Tampa Bay 4--Rickey Henderson’s third leadoff homer against the Devil Rays in a week began a six-run first inning that helped Aaron Sele (5-2) and the Mariners win at St. Petersburg, Fla.

Henderson connected in the first inning off Steve Trachsel (3-4) for the second time in five days, extending his own major league record for leadoff homers to 78. He also hit one off Tampa Bay’s Esteban Yan in his first game with Seattle last Saturday.

Baltimore 8, Oakland 3--The Orioles hit four solo homers off rookie Mark Mulder (2-2) at Baltimore and extended their winning streak to four. Charles Johnson, Cal Ripken, Jeff Conine and B.J. Surhoff had home runs for the Orioles, who had 13 hits.

Toronto 8, Detroit 2--Darrin Fletcher hit his third grand slam of the season as the Blue Jays won at Detroit.Fletcher’s slam, the sixth of his career, keyed a seven-run eighth as the Blue Jays broke open a pitchers duel between starters Frank Castillo and Dave Mlicki.

Chicago 5, Cleveland 3--In a game at Chicago that was delayed 2 hours 35 minutes, Cal Eldred (5-2) allowed three runs and seven hits in 6 1/3 innings for his third consecutive victory. Frank Thomas hit a first-inning homer off Chuck Finley (3-4).