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American League

Pedro Munoz broke a sixth-inning tie with a 463-foot, three-run homer, and Mark McGwire and Mike Bordick also homered to power the visiting Oakland Athletics past the Baltimore Orioles 6-3 Saturday.

Munoz’s home run easily cleared the center-field wall and was measured the longest in the five-year history of Camden Yards. The homer, his fifth of the season, gave Oakland a 5-2 lead.

McGwire’s homer, his fourth in five starts, helped Oakland to only its third win in 11 games. McGwire has reached base safely in all 27 games he’s played this year.

Brady Anderson hit two solo homers and Cal Ripken had one for the Orioles, who had won 10 of 13. It was the fourth two-homer game of the season for Anderson.

Twins 6, Blue Jays 4 (10)

Toronto

Scott Stahoviak doubled in the go-ahead run in the 10th inning as Minnesota beat Toronto for the Blue Jays’ eighth loss in 11 games.

Roberto Kelly, who went 3 for 5, led off the 10th with a double off Tony Castillo (2-1) and Stahoviak’s double made it 5-4. Two outs later, Rich Becker’s infield single scored Stahoviak.

Eddie Guardado (2-2) gave up one run and one hit in three innings in relief of starter Alex Rodriguez.

Indians 7, Tigers 6

Detroit

Pinch-hitter Omar Vizquel doubled in two runs in a three-run seventh inning as Cleveland rallied to beat Detroit, sending the Tigers to their 10th consecutive loss and 30th in 34 games.

Curtis Pride, Mark Lewis and Melvin Nieves homered for the Tigers, who have lost 10 consecutive home games, their longest losing streak at Tiger Stadium since a 16-game skid in 1956.

Charles Nagy (8-1) won his fifth straight start and became the A.L.’s first eight-game winner.

White Sox 9, Brewers 7

Chicago

Harold Baines drove in four runs and teamed with Robin Ventura to hit consecutive homers as Chicago hung on to beat Milwaukee for its seventh straight win.

With the scored tied 1-1 in the third, Darren Lewis walked and Ventura followed with his eighth homer. Baines then hit his 10th for a 4-1 lead.

Baines walked with the bases loaded in the seventh ahead of Danny Tartabull’s two-run single, then added a two-run single of his own in the eighth that put Chicago ahead 9-2.

Rangers 2, Royals 1

Kansas City, Mo.

Rick Helling, called up from the minors to replace the injured Kevin Gross, pitched three-hit ball for eight innings and Texas beat Kansas City, stopping the Royals’ five-game winning streak.

Helling (1-1) struck out five, walked three and retired 19 of the last 21 batters he faced. Helling has been pitching at Triple-A Oklahoma City, where he was 1-0 in six starts.

Red Sox 10, Angels 3

Anaheim, Calif.

Jose Canseco homered for the ninth time in 13 games and Boston beat California.

Canseco hit a three-run homer, his 12th of the season, for a 7-1 lead in the seventh inning. Mo Vaughn hit a two-run homer, his 18th, in the ninth.

Tom Gordon (4-2) overcame a rough start, lasting 6 innings and winning his third straight decision.

Clearing the bases

Toronto’s SkyDome roof was opened Saturday for the first time this season. … The Twins have yet to be shut out this season. … Curtis Pride’s homer for Detroit gave the Tigers their first lead in 34 innings. … Angels pitcher Jeff Schmidt was optioned to Vancouver of the Pacific Coast League and California purchased the contract of pitcher Todd Frohwirth. … Boston Red Sox catcher Mike Stanley wasn’t seriously injured when he was hit in the head with a pitch Friday night. Hospital tests were negative and Stanley was released after a few hours of observation. … Pitcher Kevin Gross was put on the 15-day disabled list by the Texas Rangers because of a slight ligament tear in his back.