Rays top Yanks 2-1 in 11, back in first place

NEW YORK - Austin Meadows homered off Luis Cessa in the 11th inning, and the Tampa Bay Rays rallied to beat the Yankees 2-1 Saturday and regain the AL East lead after dropping behind New York for a day.

New York's bullpen retired 13 in a row before Meadows lined a slider from Cessa (0-1) into the right-field seats for his ninth homer.

Meadows saved a run in the sixth when he charged Gleyber Torres' two-out single to left and made a one-hop throw to the plate. Catcher Erik Kratz tagged Aaron Hicks, who tried to score from second and ran past third base coach Phil Nevin's stop sign.

Masahiro Tanaka outpitched AL Cy Young Award winner Blake Snell for the second time in less than a week and was provided a lead when Snell threw a run-scoring wild pitch in the third.

ATHLETICS 4

TIGERS 1

DETROIT - Daniel Mengden pitched seven impressive innings and Nick Hundley and Chad Pinder homered to lift the Oakland Athletics to their 15th straight win over Detroit, 4-1 on Saturday.

INDIANS 4

ORIOLES 1

CLEVELAND - Adam Plutko, making his first appearance of the season, allowed one run in six innings- a solo homer by Trey Mancini for Baltimore's only hit- and the Cleveland Indians defeated the Orioles 4-1 on Saturday.

WHITE SOX 4

BLUE JAYS 1

CHICAGO - Lucas Giolito threw five solid innings, Leury Garcia homered and the Chicago White Sox beat the Toronto Blue Jays 4-1 Saturday in a game stopped after 4 innings because of rain.

NATIONAL LEAGUE

PHILLIES 2

ROCKIES 1

PHILADELPHIA - Bryce Harper homered over the batter's eye in center field, Aaron Nola tied his career high with 12 strikeouts while pitching into the seventh inning and the Philadelphia Phillies defeated the Colorado Rockies 2-1 on Saturday.

MARLINS 2

METS 0

MIAMI - Miami starter Pablo Lopez gave up a double on his first pitch, then combined with the Marlins' bullpen to hold the New York Mets hitless the rest of the way in a 2-0 win Saturday.

REDS 4

DODGERS 0

CINCINNATI - Jesse Winker's homer ended LA's stretch of scoreless pitching, and Yasiel Puig singled home a pair of runs Saturday, leading the Cincinnati Reds to a 4-0 victory that snapped the Dodgers' four-game winning streak.

From wire reports