CLEVELAND — Asdrubal Cabrera scored on Al Alburquerque’s bases-loaded balk in the 13th inning to give the Cleveland Indians an 11-10 victory over the Detroit Tigers on Wednesday.
Alex Avila’s two-out home run in the top of the inning put Detroit ahead, but the Indians scored twice for their second walk-off victory in the three-game sweep.
Mike Aviles led off with a single against Phil Coke (0-1) and took second on Michael Bourn’s sacrifice. After Asdrubal Cabrera was hit by a pitch, Michael Brantley lined a single to left for his fourth hit that scored Aviles, who slid home before Rajai Davis’ throw.
After a groundout, Alburquerque relieved and pinch-hitter Yan Gomes was walked intentionally to load the bases. Ryan Raburn took the first pitch for a ball. As Alburquerque went into his stretch, he appeared to move his leg and then stopped, and was called for the balk.
Josh Tomlin (3-1), the Indians’ ninth pitcher, worked the final three innings.
David Murphy’s two-run home run for Cleveland in the ninth off Joe Nathan tied it.
Tigers slugger Miguel Cabrera and Manager Brad Ausmus were ejected in the sixth inning by plate umpire Tim Timmons for arguing balls and strikes.
Raburn raised his arms in victory after the balk was called and the Indians rushed from the dugout to mob Cabrera at the plate after the game finally ended at 5 hours, 16 minutes.
RANGERS 4, MARINERS 3 Nick Tepesch won for the first time in more than 10 months, Shin-Soo Choo hit a tie-breaking home run, and Texas defeated visiting Seattle.
ROYALS 3, WHITE SOX 1 Jeremy Guthrie, Wade Davis and Greg Holland combined on a four-hitter and Kansas City beat visiting Chicago to avoid being swept in their three-game series. BLUE JAYS 6, RED SOX 4 Edwin Encarnacion had two home runs for the second consecutive game, and Toronto beat host Boston.
ATHLETICS 3, RAYS 2 Brandon Moss hit a solo home run for visiting Oakland’s only hit and the Athletics took advantage of sloppy Tampa Bay for a victory. Oakland scored twice on two errors and a pair of walks in the second inning.
ANGELS 2, ASTROS 1 Jered Weaver pitched a two-hitter for his first complete game in nearly two years and Albert Pujols hit a go-ahead home run in the sixth, leading host Los Angeles to a victory over Houston.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
REDS 2, NATIONALS 1 Alfredo Simon settled down after a rough start, allowing one run over seven innings in Cincinnati’s victory over host Washington.
CARDINALS 3, DIAMONDBACKS 2 (12) Arizona shortstop Chris Owings threw wildly to the plate on a bases-loaded grounder in the 12th inning, allowing Matt Holliday to score the winning run in St. Louis’ victory over visiting Arizona.
DODGERS 4, METS 3 Adrian Gonzalez homered for the third consecutive game, Yasiel Puig and Hanley Ramirez hit back-to-back shots, and Los Angeles defeated host New York.
BREWERS 6, BRAVES 1 Mark Reynolds hit a first-inning grand slam, Kyle Lohse combined with Francisco Rodriguez on a five-hitter and visiting Milwaukee ended a four-game losing streak by beating Atlanta.
MARLINS 14, PHILLIES 5 Marcell Ozuna hit a grand slam and drove in five runs to help power host Miami past Philadelphia.
GIANTS 5, ROCKIES 1 Hunter Pence hit one of San Francisco’s three home runs and reliever Yusmeiro Petit threw three sharp innings as visiting San Francisco beat Colorado.
INTERLEAGUE
YANKEES 4, CUBS 2 (13) Brendan Ryan scored on a wild pitch before John Ryan Murphy capped a two-run 13th inning with an RBI single, and New York beat host Chicago.
PIRATES 9, ORIOLES 8 Tony Sanchez’s tiebreaking single scored Starling Marte in the bottom of the seventh to give Pittsburgh the lead for good and edge visiting Baltimore.
TWINS 2, PADRES 0 Phil Hughes threw seven shutout innings and Trevor Plouffee homered in visiting Minnesota’s victory over San Diego.
Wednesday’s games
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Cincinnati 2, Washington 1 LA Dodgers 4, NY Mets 3 Milwaukee 6, Atlanta 1 Miami 14, Philadelphia 5 St. Louis 3, Arizona 2 (12) San Francisco 5, Colorado 1
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Cleveland 11, Detroit 10 (13) Texas 4, Seattle 3 Oakland 3, Tampa Bay 2 Toronto 6, Boston 4 Kansas City 3, Chicago White Sox 1 LA Angels 2, Houston 1
INTERLEAGUE
NY Yankees 4, Chicago Cubs 2 (13) Pittsburgh 9, Baltimore 8 Minnesota 2, San Diego 0
Sports on 05/22/2014