The Associated Press

BALTIMORE - Mark Ellis drove in the tiebreaking run with a 12th-inning sacrifice fly and Chris Singleton added an RBI single as the Oakland Athletics won their 10th straight game, 2-0 over the Baltimore Orioles Tuesday night.

It was the ninth consecutive loss for the Orioles.

Miguel Tejada led off the 12th with an infield hit off Jorge Julio (0-7) and took second on a walk to Scott Hatteberg. A tapper to the mound advanced the runners, and a four-pitch walk to rookie Bobby Crosby loaded the bases.

Ellis lofted a fly ball to left field on the 12th pitch of his at-bat, and Tejada scored.

Mariners 10, Devil Rays 8, 11 innings

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - Carlos Guillen hit a go-ahead, two-run double in the 11th inning as Seattle won its fourth straight game and maintained its one-game lead over Boston in the AL wild-card race.

Rangers 8, Royals 7

ARLINGTON, Texas - Laynce Nix hit a three-run homer and Mark Teixeira drove in three runs for Texas, which held on despite giving up four runs to Kansas City in the ninth. The Royals fell three games behind the White Sox and a game back of the Twins in the AL Central.

Twins 12, Angels 6

MINNEAPOLIS - Rookie Michael Ryan hit a three-run homer and Cristian Guzman had a three-run triple to lead Minnesota. The Twins, who moved a game behind AL Central-leading Chicago, built a 12-1 lead after four innings and finished with 14 hits to make a winner of Kyle Lohse (12-10).

Red Sox 2, White Sox 1

CHICAGO - Trot Nixon and Gabe Kapler hit solo home runs, and John Burkett finally got his 10th win of the season.

It was the ninth win in 12 games for the Red Sox, who are four games behind the AL East-leading New York Yankees.

Manny Ramirez wasn't in the lineup for a fifth straight game, even though Boston manager Grady Little said the slugger was healthy enough to play DH. Ramirez missed the weekend series with the Yankees because of a throat ailment, yet was spotted out Saturday night. When Little asked him to pinch-hit Monday, Ramirez said he was "too weak."

"I'm putting the team out there that I feel gives us the best chance to win," Little said before the game.

Tigers 8, Indians 6

DETROIT - Cody Ross hit a grand slam for his first major-league home run, then needed to be carted off the field with an apparent knee injury in the eighth inning for Detroit. Ross was injured when he tripped over first base.