Long regarded as the best closer in baseball, Mariano Rivera now has more saves than anyone else, too. Rivera set the major league record with career save No. 602 on Monday, pitching a perfect ninth inning to preserve the New York Yankees' 6-4 win over the Minnesota Twins. With fans standing and cheering from his first pitch to his last, Rivera retired Trevor Plouffe, Michael Cuddyer and Chris Parmelee to end it. Parmelee looked at strike three — it appeared to be Rivera's signature cutter — and Yankee Stadium roared in approval. The 41-year-old Rivera tied Trevor Hoffman with save No. 601 Saturday in Toronto. The AL East leaders lost Sunday, putting Rivera in line to get the milestone in the Yankees' last homestand of the season. Curtis Granderson hit his 41st homer of the year for the Yankees. Cory Wade (6-1) got the victory. Michael Cuddyer hit a two-run homer for Minnesota. Scott Diamond (1-5) was charged with the loss. Orioles 6, Red Sox 5 (1st game); REd Sox 18, Orioles 9 (2nd games): The Boston Red Sox (88-66) kept their two-game lead over the Tampa Bay Rays in the AL wild card race by splitting a doubleheader with the Baltimore Orioles. The Red Sox fell 6-5 to the Orioles in the opener but hit back with a much needed 18-9 rout in the second game. Boston are five games behind the New York Yankees in the AL East. Mariners, 12, Indians 6: Mike Carp hit a grand slam into the second deck in right field and drove in five runs during Seattle's nine-run third inning. The Mariners came in for one day to make up a rainout from May 15, and played in a steady drizzle before the field was covered at the start of the eighth. After waiting 44 minutes, it was called. Carp connected against reliever Chad Durbin for a 455-foot shot to put Seattle ahead 11-4. He doubled home the first run in the inning off David Huff (2-6). Cleveland scored three times in the first against Charlie Furbush (4-9). Asdrubal Cabrera hit a two-run homer and Carlos Santana followed with another drive. Furbush allowed six runs and 10 hits over five innings, but managed to snap a personal five-game losing streak. In another games, Toronto Blue Jays downed LA Angels 3-2.
