RESULTS

* at Minnesota 2, Toronto 1 (12 innings): Pinch-hitter Jeff Cirillo’s bases-loaded bloop single in the 12th inning lifted the Twins. Cirillo ended an 0-for-8 skid with Minnesota’s seventh walk-off hit of the season.

* at Cleveland 8, Oakland 5: Kelly Shoppach’s pinch-hit three-run homer capped a five-run ninth-inning rally for the Indians. Shoppach hit a 1-and-0 pitch from Alan Embree (1-1) into the left-field bleachers for his fourth homer and lifted the Indians to their sixth win in nine games. Oakland has lost five in a row. The rally kept A’s ace Dan Haren from earning his 10th consecutive win.

* at Baltimore 3, New York 2: Corey Patterson capped a perfect night at the plate by scoring the winning run on Scott Proctor’s bases-loaded walk in the ninth inning. Patterson went three for three with a walk, scored two runs and drove in one. Johnny Damon homered for the Yankees, who have lost three in a row and six of seven.

* Texas 9, at Detroit 6: Marlon Byrd hit a tiebreaking triple in the ninth inning and the Rangers won after blowing a three-run lead in the eighth. Brad Wilkerson hit a three-run homer and Sammy Sosa had two RBIs for the last-place Rangers, who won for the sixth time in seven games and beat Detroit for the second consecutive night.

* Chicago 6, at Tampa Bay 1: Andy Gonzalez and Jim Thome homered to back Jon Garland’s strong pitching for the White Sox. James Shields (6-3) won his first six decisions, but has dropped the last three while giving up 25 hits and 16 runs in 18 innings against the Rockies, Diamondbacks and White Sox. The right-hander yielded nine hits and five runs in seven innings.

* at Seattle 8, Boston 7: Richie Sexson hit a two-run homer in the sixth inning to give the Mariners their third and final lead. The Mariners also got a homer from Willie Bloomquist and overcame yet another shaky start by Felix Hernandez to win for the sixth time in seven games. They beat Boston for the seventh consecutive time in Seattle.

* Kansas City 12, at Angels 4: The 12 runs given up equaled a season high for the Angels.