The Associated Press

DETROIT - The Rocket misfired again. Roger Clemens remained one victory shy of career No. 300 when the Detroit Tigers, of all teams, rallied from six runs down Sunday to spoil history.

The Yankees salvaged something, however, as Alfonso Soriano and Jorge Posada homered off Steve Sparks (0-2) in the 17th inning to give New York a 10-9 win.

Clemens' chase of 300 will continue next weekend in Chicago. David Wells (7-2) pitched 5 2/3 innings for New York in his first relief appearance in nearly 10 years.

Blue Jays 11, Red Sox 8

TORONTO - Roy Halladay (7-2) won his seventh straight start and Toronto rallied from a 6-0 deficit to complete a three-game sweep of Boston.

Matt White (0-1) was the loser.

Mariners 9, Twins 5

MINNEAPOLIS - Edgar Martinez homered and had four hits, and Seattle scored six times in the first inning to finish a four-game sweep of Minnesota.

Freddy Garcia (5-6) went seven innings for the win.

Rogers (4-2) left with one out in the second.

Athletics 6, Royals 4

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Ramon Hernandez and Terrence Long hit RBI singles in the eighth inning as Oakland beat Kansas City.

Chad Bradford (3-3) got the win. Rick DeHart (0-1) took the loss.

Angels 9, Devil Rays 4

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - Jeff DaVanon homered twice and drove in four runs as Anaheim beat Tampa Bay.

DaVanon, filling in for a resting David Eckstein as the leadoff batter, hit solo homers in third and fifth innings off Carlos Reyes (0-2) and a two-run single in the sixth. DaVanon had a career-high four hits in five at-bats.

Aaron Sele (2-3) allowed two runs in five innings.

Indians 5, White Sox 4, 10 innings

CLEVELAND - Jody Gerut blooped a bases-loaded, pinch-hit single off the glove of shortstop Jose Valentin with two outs in the 10th inning, giving Cleveland a win.

Omar Vizquel opened the 10th with a single against Billy Koch (1-2), stole second and scored the winning run.

Jason Boyd (1-1) pitched a perfect 10th.

Orioles 5, Rangers 4

BALTIMORE - Jeff Conine singled in the tiebreaking run in the eighth inning after a costly throwing error by Hank Blalock, lifting Baltimore past Texas.

Sidney Ponson (7-3) went eight innings. Francisco Cordero (2-5) took the loss.