Dioner Navarro singled with the bases loaded and one out in the ninth inning, enabling Tampa Bay to beat Boston 2-1 on Tuesday and remain in first place in the American League East. Navarro delivered his second game-winner in a week against the defending World Series champions, lifting a fly ball that sailed over the head of center fielder Coco Crisp on a 2-2 pitch from Justin Masterson (6-5). A night after Boston hit six homers to rout Rays ace Scott Kazmir 13-5 and pull within percentage points of the division lead, Tampa Bay wiped out a 1-0 deficit on Carlos Pena's seventh-inning homer off Josh Beckett. The Rays, who have led the division for the past 54 days, moved one game ahead of the Red Sox, who have lost seven of eight at Tropicana Field this season. Dan Wheeler (5-5) struck out the only batter he faced to bail Tampa Bay out of a ninth-inning jam and get the victory before 32,079. White Sox 6, Yankees 2: At New York, Gavin Floyd pitched seven innings against New York and Paul Konerko had two hits and an RBI in his return from a knee injury for AL Central-leading Chicago. Alexei Ramirez homered and Juan Uribe had three hits and drove in two runs for Chicago, which began the night with a 1 1/2-game lead over Minnesota. Ken Griffey Jr. had an RBI single and Brian Anderson added a run-scoring double for the White Sox. Floyd (16-7) put runners in scoring position in four of his seven innings but gave up just two runs for his first win in three starts this month. Floyd gave up nine hits, including Jason Giambi's 31st homer, and struck out three without walking a batter. Derek Jeter passed Lou Gehrig for most career hits at the soon-to-close Yankee Stadium with his 1,270th, a sharp single in the first inning. Indians 12, Twins 9, 11 innings: At Cleveland, Victor Martinez hit a three-run homer with one out in the 11th and Cleveland hurt Minnesota's postseason chances. The Twins, who rallied from an early seven-run deficit, lost their third straight and fell 2 1/2 games behind Chicago in the AL Central with 11 games remaining. Franklin Gutierrez opened the 11th with a single off Joe Nathan (0-2) and went to second on a sacrifice. Jhonny Peralta walked and Martinez hit a 1-1 pitch for his second homer of the season. The Twins scored twice in the eighth to take a 9-8 lead on an RBI double by Justin Morneau and a go-ahead sacrifice fly by Delmon Young. Grady Sizemore hit his 32nd homer to tie it at 9 against Eddie Guardado in the bottom half. Orioles 2, Blue Jays 0: At Toronto, Chris Waters threw a four-hit shutout and Luke Scott homered to lead Baltimore past Toronto. Toronto lost its third straight and saw a six-game home winning streak ended. The Blue Jays had won seven of their past eight games against the Orioles. Baltimore, which had lost 17 of 21 coming in, posted its first shutout since beating Texas 9-0 on Aug. 9. Making his ninth major league start, Waters (3-3) walked two and struck out three. The left-hander was 0-3 with a 6.45 ERA in his past four outings. Rangers 5, Tigers 4; Athletics 8, Angels 1.
