NEW YORK - Scott Hatteberg homered twice, drove in five and made a nifty slide to score while Mark Mulder hung on for his major league-leading 15th win, leading the streaking Oakland Athletics over the Yankees 13-4 Tuesday night.
Jorge Posada and Gary Sheffield hit early home runs that put New York ahead 4-1, but the A's stormed back to win for the ninth time in 10 games in a matchup of division leaders.
Player of the week Eric Byrnes got three hits and Adam Melhuse also homered for Oakland. Melhuse got into the game in the second after a foul ball bruised catcher Damian Miller's left knee.
For all the A's hitting and Mulder's pitching, this game turned on a defensive gem by rightfielder Jermaine Dye.
It was tied at 4 in the fourth inning when the Yankees put two runners on with two outs. Derek Jeter followed with drive toward the corner and Dye jumped at the wall to take away an extra-base hit, leaving his spike marks in the padded fence.
Mark Kotsay led off the game with a single and added his 1,000th career hit. The A's went on to win their third in a row, improving to 2-5 against the Yankees this season. New York had won three in a row.
Byrnes hit a triple, double and single. He drove in three and also walked from the No. 9 spot. The last Oakland player to hit for the cycle - he did it June 29, 2003, against San Francisco - he had a chance to do it again but walked and popped up his last two plate appearances.
Mulder won at a ballpark where he usually has struggled. He was 0-4 with a 9.97 ERA at Yankee Stadium in the regular season, though he was 1-1 at New York in the 2001 playoffs.
Mulder got off to a shaky start this time, too, when Posada hit a three-run homer in the first and Sheffield lined his 24th in the third. Mulder settled down and pitched seven innings, winning for the 13th time in his past 14 decisions.
The A's began teeing off on Jon Lieber in the third when Byrnes doubled and scored on Mark McLemore's single.
Bobby Crosby hit a two-run double in the fourth, with Hatteberg sliding wide and reaching around with his left hand to tag the plate ahead of Jeter's relay to Posada. Byrnes' run-scoring single with two outs tied it.
ORIOLES 9-5, MARINERS 7-4: Rafael Palmeiro passed Babe Ruth on the career hits list as Baltimore completed the first doubleheader sweep against Seattle in 16 years.
In the opener, Palmeiro drove in three and Javy Lopez hit a three-run homer.
After going 2-for-3 in the day game to tie Ruth for 36th place, Palmeiro moved past the Bambino in the night game with his 2,874th career hit, a fourth-inning single to right off Jamie Moyer. It was Palmeiro's lone hit of the game.
Melvin Mora and Larry Bigbie homered in the second game for the Orioles, who clinched their first home series win since May 7-9.
TWINS 10, ANGELS 0: Backed by sound defense and a burst of power, Carlos Silva pitched his first career complete game and shutout to lead host Minnesota.
The Twins hit four home runs and turned a season-high five double plays, winning for the 12th time in 14 games and handing Anaheim its second loss in seven games.
Torii Hunter homered to left, Jacque Jones singled and Corey Koskie homered to right on consecutive pitches in the fourth.
RANGERS 5, TIGERS 4: Mark Teixeira and Kevin Mench homered and Eric Young hit a tiebreaking single in the seventh to lead visiting Texas. Young went 3-for-5 for the Rangers, who won for the third time in 10 games.
With the score tied at 4 in the seventh, Gary Matthews led off with a double, took third on Rod Barajas' sacrifice bunt and came home on Young's single to right off Nate Robertson.
BLUE JAYS 7, INDIANS 6: Pinch-hitter Frank Menechino drew a bases-loaded walk to drive in the go-ahead run in the eighth after Carlos Delgado hit a tying two-run homer for host Toronto.
