Bautista, Blue Jays beat Orioles for 10th straight
Jay Bruce's second home run of the game gave the Reds a 3-2 lead in the top of the ninth.
TORONTO (AP) - Jose Bautista hit a tiebreaking home run in the eighth inning as the Toronto Blue Jays won their 10th straight game Saturday, beating the Baltimore Orioles 4-2 in the American League.
Maicer Izturis hit a solo homer in the fifth and Bautista had a two-run drive for Toronto, on its longest winning streak since a 10-game run late in 2008. The Blue Jays, who are 14-4 this month, are one victory from matching the franchise record. Toronto had 11-game winning streaks in 1987 and 1998.
The Blue Jays led 2-1 heading into the eighth but Taylor Teagarden tied it with a homer off reliever Darren Oliver (3-1).
Miguel Gonzalez (5-3) allowed three runs and three hits in 7 1-3 innings.
At New York, Vernon Wells broke out of his big slump with a pinch-hit, three-run double as the Yankees rallied to beat the Tampa Bay Rays 7-5.
Wells was in a 9-for-87 slide that landed him on the bench the past two days, with rookie outfielder Zoilo Almonte starting in his place. But with the Yankees trailing 5-4 in the seventh inning, Wells batted for No. 9 hitter Chris Stewart with the bases loaded and two outs.
Wells' vital hit got CC Sabathia (8-5) off the hook after he allowed five runs in seven innings. Mariano Rivera worked a scoreless ninth for his 26th save.
In other AL games, the Chicago White Sox downed the Kansas City Royals 3-2, the Detroit Tigers trounced the Boston Red Sox 10-3 and Cleveland Indians edged the Minnesota Twins 8-7 and the Seattle Mariners were 7-5 winners over the Oakland Athletics.
In the National League, Jhoulys Chacin pitched seven shutout innings and hit an RBI single, and the Colorado Rockies snapped their five-game losing streak by beating the Washington Nationals 7-1.
DJ LeMahieu hit his first home run and Michael Cuddyer's RBI single in the first extended his hitting streak to 20 games, the longest active streak in the majors and tied for the longest this season. Nolan Arenado also went deep for Colorado.
Chacin (6-3) held Washington to five hits with one walk and three strikeouts to win his third straight start.
The Arizona Diamondbacks staged a ninth-inning rally behind Jason Kubel's two-run single to beat the Cincinnati Reds 4-3.
Jay Bruce's second home run of the game gave the Reds a 3-2 lead in the top of the ninth.
At San Francisco, Hector Sanchez singled home the winning run in the 11th inning as the Giants beat the Miami Marlins 2-1.
Giants right fielder Hunter Pence made a diving catch to rob Placido Polanco of a likely go-ahead single to end the 11th. The Giants beat the Marlins at home for the first time since July 28, 2010.
In other NL games, the Philadelphia Phillies beat the New York Mets 8-7, the Milwaukee Brewers blanked the Atlanta Braves 2-0 and the Los Angeles Dodgers downed the San Diego Padres 6-1. The Texas Rangers defeated the St. Louis Cardinals 4-2, the Pittsburgh Pirates downed the Los Angeles Angels 6-1 and the Houston Astros edged the Chicago Cubs 4-3 in interleague games.
