Mussina Can’t Keep Yankees From Falling

Mike Mussina has struggled at Camden Yards before. Just never as a New York Yankee.

Rodrigo Lopez gave up one run over 6 2/3 innings and the Baltimore Orioles battered Mussina, ending the Yankees’ eight-game winning streak with a 7-3 victory Tuesday night.

“I’ve had these kind of games here before,” said Mussina, an Oriole from 1991 to 2000. “It’s tough anyplace to go walking out that early in a ballgame and know it wasn’t your best effort.”

Melvin Mora homered and Tony Batista and B.J. Surhoff each drove in two runs for the Orioles, who ended a five-game losing streak.

Mussina (10-5) endured his shortest outing of the season, lasting only 2 2/3 innings and lost his first game in Baltimore as an opposing pitcher.

It was Mussina’s quickest exit since a two-inning stint in a 9-3 loss to Florida on July 12, 2001.

Oakland 3, Seattle 2 -- Pinch-hitter Terrence Long hit a game-tying single and scored the winning run on Jermaine Dye’s sacrifice fly in the 11th inning as the Athletics rallied at Oakland.

Long slid in and narrowly beat Ichiro Suzuki’s throw to clinch the victory.

Ben Davis had given Seattle a 2-1 lead with an RBI single in the top of the 11th against Keith Foulke (5-1).

Kansas City 6, Cleveland 3 -- Jose Lima delivered another strong start and Joe Randa drove in a season-high four runs to lead the Royals at Kansas City, Mo.

Lima (3-0) gave up five hits in seven innings. The right-hander, who signed a minor league contract on June 11 after starting the season with the independent Newark Bears, won his third straight start -- he had not done that since 1999 when he was an All-Star for Houston.

Tampa Bay 4, Boston 3 -- Rocco Baldelli scored from second base on Brandon Lyon’s errant pickoff throw with two out in the bottom of the 11th inning to lift the Devil Rays at St. Petersburg, Fla.

Chicago 6, Minnesota 1 -- Frank Thomas homered and drove in three runs to help Mark Buehrle earn his fourth straight win and lead the White Sox at Chicago.

Detroit 5, Toronto 0 -- Matt Roney gave up only one infield hit in seven innings to earn his first career win in leading the Tigers at Detroit.