A's top Mariners with 5 runs in 9th

OAKLAND, CALIF. - Nick Swisher planned on having an easy afternoon Wednesday after Oakland manager Ken Macha told him he had the day off.
"I was going to use it to get my head right, and the next thing you know I'm up there hitting," he said.
Swisher walked with the bases loaded to force in the final run as the Athletics overcame a four-run ninth-inning deficit in a win for the first time in 48 years, beating the Seattle Mariners 8-7.
"The way things have been going, to pull off a win like this gives us momentum and confidence," Swisher said. "The way it happened was cool."
Mark Kotsay and Eric Chavez hit two-run doubles before Swisher's walk. The last time the Athletics came back from four runs down in the ninth to win was in a doubleheader opener on July 4, 1957, when the Kansas City A's beat the Chicago White Sox 5-4, according to the Elias Sports Bureau.
"That shows you right there how big a win this was," A's closer Huston Street said. "In order to score five runs, you have to do a lot of things and get a little lucky. It was unbelievable. You saw everybody coming through."
In other games • Indians 4, Tigers 1 — At Detroit, C.C. Sabathia pitched his first complete game of the season for his seventh victory in as many starts. The win kept the Indians one-half game behind the wild card-leading Yankees. "I've got four or five more starts, and I have to keep going," Sabathia said. "We're still in the race, and I have to give us a chance to win every time I'm out there."
Casey Blake homered twice as the Indians finished a three-game sweep of the Tigers.
• Yankees 5, Devil Rays 4 — Jason Giambi hit a go-ahead, two-run homer with two outs in the eighth inning, and host New York got a much-needed victory against a surprising nemesis. Hideki Matsui hit his 400th professional homer and drove in three runs for the Yankees. New York fought back from a 4-0 deficit and improved to 5-10 against last-place Tampa Bay.
• Red Sox 6, Angels 3 — Bronson Arroyo recovered from a rough beginning, and Boston overcame a three-run deficit at Fenway Park with the help of David Ortiz's two-run single. Ortiz, whose homer in the bottom of the ninth gave Boston a 3-2 win in Tuesday night's series opener, tied the game with his single, one pitch after he appeared to swing his bat far enough for a third strike. Angels manager Mike Scioscia yelled from the dugout and was ejected.
Later in the third inning, Trot Nixon doubled in the go-ahead run.
• Twins 8, Rangers 6 — Minnesota overcame a five-run deficit, taking advantage of a throwing error by pitcher Doug Brocail on a bunt to score two runs in the sixth inning and beat visiting Texas. Mike Redmond and Luis Rodriguez drove in two runs each for the Twins, who trailed 5-0 in the second inning for the second game in a row.
• White Sox 1, Royals 0 — Paul Konerko homered for the fourth straight game, and host Chicago extended its winning streak to seven. Konerko connected off Mike Wood (4-6) in the third inning. He has 36 homers and a 12-game hitting streak.
• Blue Jays 7, Orioles 4 — Frank Catalanotto singled in the tiebreaking run in a four-run seventh inning at Camden Yards, and Gregg Zaun homered for Toronto, which took two of three games to win a series for the first time since mid-August.

Source: http://www.chron.com/