Palmeiro Lifts O’S Over Yankees, 7-5

Rafael Palmeiro hit a two-run homer in the bottom of the 10th inning as the Baltimore Orioles finally beat the New York Yankees at Baltimore’s Camden Yards, 7-5 Tuesday night.

With one out in the 10th, Jeff Reboulet hit a one-out single off Jim Mecir (0-3). Palmeiro then drove a 2-1 pitch over the right-field wall for his team-high 11th home run of the season.

The Orioles have won six straight games and 12 of 14.

Athletics 9, Tigers 8

Oakland, Calif.

Mark McGwire’s 22nd home run of the season, the 351th of his career, helped Oakland defeat Detroit.

McGwire has 10 homers in his last 19 games. He is tied with Dick Allen for 46th on the career list. He has 40 homers against Detroit, his most against any team.

Royals 5, Angels 2

Anaheim, Calif.

Tom Goodwin went 4 for 4, including his first homer in more than a year, and Tim Belcher pitched eight strong innings to lead Kansas City.

Goodwin drove in three runs for the Royals, who were blanked by Anaheim knuckleballer Dennis Springer until they scored three runs in the fifth.

Belcher (6-6) held the Angels to six hits, including Jim Edmonds’ homer in the seventh and Darin Erstad’s RBI double in the eighth.

Brewers 6, Red Sox 4

Milwaukee

Jeff Cirillo hit a two-run homer with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning to win it for Milwaukee.

Cirillo’s shot completed a comeback from a 4-1 deficit and gave Milwaukee its fifth win in six games. The Red Sox have lost five of six.

Twins 5, Rangers 4

Arlington, Texas

Matt Lawton and Paul Molitor each went 3 for 5 and Rick Aguilera pitched through trouble in the final two innings.

Rich Robertson (6-3) won for the third time in his last four starts, striking out two and walking one to cool off the Rangers, who had a season-high 18 hits in Monday’s 8-0 victory over the Twins.

Clearing the bases

Cleveland has released 35-year-old outfielder Kevin Mitchell, who failed to earn a spot in the lineup.

Mitchell, the N.L. MVP in 1989, batted .153 with four homers and 11 RBIs in 59 at-bats this season… . The Tigers, 12 wins ahead of last year’s pace, are baseball’s most improved team. They are 26-29 and did not win their 26th game last year until July 5… . Blue Jays right-hander Juan Guzman will not need surgery on his broken right thumb, but will keep the thumb in a splint until he comes off the disabled list June 12.

Yankees owner George Steinbrenner may ask a federal judge to issue a court order preventing baseball from suspending him. Steinbrenner was suspended last month from the sport’s ruling executive council, but is said to be concerned that the suspension may be extended to keep him from running the Yankees, as has happened twice previously.