O’Brien, Olerud Help Jays Take Wing

American League

Pinch-hitter Charlie O’Brien singled home the winning run in the 10th inning Thursday night as the Toronto Blue Jays rallied for a 5-4 win over the Minnesota Twins at Toronto.

John Olerud opened the 10th with his third hit, a single off Mike Milchin (1-1) and pinch-hitter Robert Perez sacrificed pinch-runner Felipe Crespo to second. O’Brien followed by singling to right-center off Erik Bennett to score Crespo well ahead of right fielder Roberto Kelly’s throw.

Reliever Marty Jansen (2-0) struck out six in 4-2/3 innings for the win as the Blue Jays snapped a three-game losing streak.

The Blue Jays trailed 4-1 after three innings but fought back to tie it in the sixth on Jacob Brumfield’s solo homer. Brumfield, acquired from Pittsburgh on May 15, hit his first homer in the A.L. off Pat Mahomes.

Olerud, who drove in two runs, cut the Twins’ lead to 4-2 with a leadoff homer in the fourth, his eighth. He added an RBI double in the fifth that brought Toronto within 4-3.

Roberto Kelly had three hits, including his first homer of the season, and drove in three runs for the Twins.

Yankees 4, Athletics 3 New York

Ruben Rivera had his first major league hit, a two-run double, and Wade Boggs hit a tiebreaking single in the eighth, leading Kenny Rogers (3-0) and New York over Oakland.

Rivera was hit by a pitch with two outs in the eighth from Billy Taylor (1-1). Derek Jeter bunted for a single and Boggs singled off Mike Mohler.

Indians 5, Brewers 1 Cleveland

Orel Hershiser (4-3) rebounded from his poorest outing of the season with his first win since May 2, and Cleveland smashed seven doubles to beat Milwaukee.

Hershiser, tagged for seven runs and eight hits in three innings last Friday against Texas, held the Brewers to seven hits in seven innings. He walked two and struck out three.

Royals 4, Rangers 2 Kansas City, Mo.

David Howard stole home, and Craig Paquette and Sal Fasano hit solo homers as Kansas City beat Texas for its fourth straight win.

Kevin Appier lasted 7-2/3 innings for Kansas City, giving up two runs on eight hits.

“I thought he was outstanding,” Royals manager Bob Boone said. “He had a good fastball and was making his pitches on the inside corner to left-handers. He was aggressive. Then his other stuff worked well.”

National League

Padres 7, Phillies 5 San Diego

Steve Finley capped his first career 5-for-5 game with a two-run homer in the eighth as San Diego rallied for a win over Philadelphia.

Finley hit a 1-1 pitch from Russ Springer (1-4) into the right-field seats with none out to put the Padres ahead 6-5. Rickey Henderson walked to open the eighth and stole his 10th base this season before Finley’s homer.

It was the 19th five-hit game by a Padres player and the second this year. Craig Shipley went 5 for 5 in a 17-2 win at Houston April 7.

Reds 7, Rockies 5 Denver

Thomas Howard walked with the bases loaded to force home the go-ahead run as Cincinnati scored six runs in the ninth to end Colorado’s seven-game winning streak.

The Reds had been 0-20 when trailing after eight.

Clearing the bases

Oakland turned three double plays and leads the A.L. with 59. … New York’s Boggs has 16 multihit games this season. … Todd Zeile has started all 45 games for Philadelphia and has missed just two innings. … Milwaukee is 12-5 against the A.L. Central. … Texas’ streak of homers in 10 consecutive games came to an end.

Minnesota’s bullpen (10-3) has one more win than the starters (9-22). … Paul Molitor received a standing ovation at SkyDome. Molitor went hitless in five at-bats in his first visit to Toronto since signing with Minnesota last winter. … Reggie Sanders of Cincinnati singled in his first at-bat since returning from the 15-day disabled list.