Indians Win in 10th to Pass Twins

Juan Gonzalez hit a tiebreaking, two-run double as the Cleveland Indians broke loose in the 10th inning to beat the Minnesota Twins, 8-2, Wednesday at Minneapolis.

The Indians took a one-game lead over the Twins in the American League Central.

Marty Cordova had three hits and two runs batted in in the last three innings for Cleveland against his former team.

The Twins have lost 17 of 23 games, and fell to 2-7 against the Indians.

With the bases loaded in the 10th, Gonzalez hit a double that bounced over the center-field fence. Jim Thome was intentionally walked, and Cordova laced a single to center to make it 6-2. Travis Fryman’s sacrifice fly added another run and Wil Cordero hit a run-scoring single.

Bartolo Colon, who threw a four-hitter last week, struck out a season-high 10 and gave up a season-high 10 hits in seven innings.

Minnesota scored twice in the sixth when Jacque Jones and Jason Maxwell landed consecutive, run-scoring singles in front of center fielder Kenny Lofton to give the Twins a 2-1 lead. But the Indians tied it, 2-2, in the seventh after Cordova doubled and scored on Cordero’s single.

Oakland 6, Boston 1--Tim Hudson gave up one run in eight innings and Jason Giambi homered at Oakland for the A’s, who won their seventh consecutive game. A sellout crowd of 50,863, including a Coliseum-record 22,800 walk-up ticket sales, watched the A’s match their longest winning streak this season.

Boston’s lead in the wild-card race was cut to a half-game over Oakland.

Frank Castillo, activated from the disabled list before the game, gave up five runs, four earned, on seven hits over 4 1/3 innings for Boston.

Seattle 12, Toronto 4--Edgar Martinez drove in his 1,000th run with a home run at Seattle as the Mariners beat the Blue Jays for the fifth consecutive game. Jamie Moyer (13-5) won his fourth consecutive start despite giving up home runs to Darrin Fletcher, Jose Cruz Jr. and Raul Mondesi.

Baltimore 4, Kansas City 1--Cal Ripken’s solo shot gave him a home run in every road park since the All-Star game as the Orioles won at Kansas City, Mo. Ripken, who has a 16-game hitting streak, drew a huge ovation every time he batted.

New York 16, Tampa Bay 1--David Justice homered for the third consecutive game and had four RBIs at St. Petersburg, Fla., as the Yankees ended a three-game losing streak. Andy Pettitte (13-6) won his fourth consecutive start for New York.