hitter Jonny Gomes hit a home run to lead off the 12th inning and the Oakland Athletics ended the Tampa Bay Rays' six-game winning streak with a 4-3 victory Saturday. Gomes condemned his former teammates to defeat with his fifth homer of the season. “It really was not any more special to get a home run against them,” Gomes, who played for Tampa Bay between 2003 and 2008, told reporters. “But an extra-inning home run is nice to have on your resume. “What was important was to get a win against the best team in baseball right now,” said Gomes, who made an outstanding catch in the 10th. Tampa Bay had tied the score at 3-3 in the fifth and the two teams played six scoreless innings before Gomes connected. Brian Fuentes got the win by pitching the 10th and 11th innings. The Rays' Jeremy Hellickson, who was bidding to become the first starting pitcher to begin a season 4-0 after winning the Rookie of the Year award the previous season, left the game with two outs in the fourth inning and Tampa Bay trailing 2-1. He allowed five hits. Tampa Bay could have won it in the 10th after loading the bases, but Brandon Inge struck out swinging and Jemile Weeks grounded to first. Rangers 5, Cleveland 2: Pinch-hitter Adrian Beltre hit a three-run homer in the 11th inning to lift Texas 5-2 win over the Cleveland Indians. Beltre didn't start for the fourth straight game due to a tender hamstring, but he hit a 1-0 pitch from Joe Smith (1-1) over the center-field wall for his fifth homer, snapping the Rangers' three-game losing streak. Alexi Ogando (1-0) pitched two scoreless innings and Joe Nathan worked the 11th for his seventh save in eight tries. Asdrubal Cabrera had four hits for Cleveland, which had its three-game winning streak stopped. White Sox 3, Tigers 2: Adam Dunn hit a two-run homer deep into the right-field seats off Jose Valverde in the ninth inning to lift Chicago over Detroit. Dunn hit a 422-foot drive off Valverde (2-1) for his eighth homer this season and Paul Konerko also went deep for the White Sox. Royals 5, Yankees 1: Felipe Paulino came off the disabled list to toss six shutout innings, Billy Butler drove in three runs and Kansas City beat New York. Orioles 8, Red Sox 2: Mark Reynolds hit a three-run homer, Jason Hammel continued his strong start this season and Baltimore extended Boston's recent home struggles. In other games it was: LA Angels 6, Toronto 2; and Seattle 7, Minnesota 0.
