Redman Wins It for the A’s

Bobby Crosby and Eric Chavez each homered, Mark Redman won for the first time in six starts and the Oakland Athletics beat the Seattle Mariners, 5-3, Tuesday night at Oakland.

Erubiel Durazo hit an RBI double and Eric Byrnes added a sacrifice fly as the A’s sent Seattle to its 14th straight road loss, matching the club record set May 21-June 21, 1988.

They haven’t won away from Safeco Field since beating the Pirates in Pittsburgh on June 20. Oakland, meanwhile, has won four straight, its longest win streak since getting a season-best eight straight victories June 5-13.

Ichiro Suzuki extended his hitting streak to 19 games with a first-inning single to left. Suzuki’s streak is the longest active run in the majors after Atlanta’s J.D. Drew’s 22-game hitting streak ended Tuesday.

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Minnesota 7, Chicago 3 -- Johan Santana pitched two-hit ball into the seventh inning and the surging Twins won at Chicago to take a 2 1/2-game lead in the AL Central.

Cristian Guzman had three hits, including a pair of doubles, and Corey Koskie was hit by a pitch three times, tying a major league record, as the Twins won for the ninth time in 11 games.

Santana (9-6) walked two and struck out six, giving him an AL-best 161 strikeouts, in six-plus innings.

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New York 7, Toronto 4 -- Jorge Posada hit a tiebreaking three-run homer in the eighth inning at Toronto and the Yankees’ Gary Sheffield connected for his 400th home run.

Orlando Hernandez became the latest Yankee starter with an injury, leaving after the second inning with tightness in his left hamstring. Mike Mussina and Kevin Brown are both on the disabled list.

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Tampa Bay 6, Kansas City 2 -- Rocco Baldelli had an RBI double and threw a runner out at the plate at St. Petersburg, Fla., to help the Devil Rays end their six-game losing streak.

The Royals loaded the bases with one out in the first, but failed to score because of Baldelli’s defensive play in center field. He caught Ken Harvey’s fly in medium center and then made a strong throw to catcher Toby Hall to retire a sliding David DeJesus, who was tagging up from third.

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Cleveland 10, Detroit 6 -- Coco Crisp drove in a career-high five runs for the Indians at Cleveland.

Crisp hit his first career grand slam in the second inning off Gary Knotts (5-6) and added a RBI single in the fifth, giving the Indians an 8-4 lead.

Crisp became a late replacement as the starter in left field and at leadoff when Travis Hafner was scratched with a sprained neck and Matt Lawton moved to designated hitter.

C.C. Sabathia (7-5) struggled through six innings for only his second win in six starts, and his 50th career victory.

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Boston at Baltimore, ppd., rain -- The game between the Orioles and Red Sox was postponed by rain, the Orioles’ ninth rainout this season. No makeup date was announced.