O’Neill’s Offense Guides Yankees

Paul O’Neill tied the score with an RBI double in the ninth inning, then homered in the 12th Wednesday to lead the New York Yankees over the Minnesota Twins 6-5 at Minneapolis.

With the Twins leading 5-4 in the ninth, Rick Aguilera blew a save for the third time in nine chances.

Blue Jays 7, Tigers 2 Detroit

Charlie O’Brien hit his first career grand slam and drove in six runs for Toronto as the Blue Jays defeated Detroit.

O’Brien’s tie-breaking grand slam in the eighth made a winner of Cy Young Award winner Pat Hentgen and ended the Blue Jays’ two-game losing streak.

Royals 6 Red Sox 2 Kansas City, Mo.

Jose Offerman hit reliever Kerry Lacy’s first pitch for a two-run, tie-breaking double for Kansas City in the seventh inning, handing Boston its sixth straight loss.

Rangers 4, Indians 3 (10) Arlington, Texas

Bill Ripken’s bases-loaded sacrifice fly scored Will Clark with one out in the 10th inning, lifting Texas past Cleveland.

Athletics 7, Brewers 4 Oakland, Calif.

Jose Canseco and Matt Stairs both homered twice and Mark McGwire added his 13th homer as Oakland snapped a seven-game losing streak.

Angels 6, Orioles 5 Anaheim, Calif.

Darin Erstad, Garret Anderson and Jim Edmonds hit two-run homers in consecutive innings as Anaheim rallied from five runs down to beat Baltimore.

Greenwell retires

Former Boston Red Sox left fielder Mike Greenwell retired from baseball after breaking his right foot playing for the Hanshin Tigers of the Japanese Central League, the Japan Times reported.

The 33-year-old Greenwell spent his entire 11-year major league career in Boston, much of it in left field, and has a .303 career average with 130 homers and 726 RBI.

Clearing the bases

Texas placed second baseman Mark McLemore on the 15-day disabled list. McLemore has a torn ligament in his right hand which has contributed to his .174 batting average. The Rangers will activate infielder Domingo Cedeno to replace McLemore on the roster today … Right-hander Juan Guzman, forced to leave Tuesday’s start after just 12 pitches, flew to Birmingham, Ala., to have his right shoulder examined by orthopedic specialist Dr. James Andrews. Andrews performed successful arthroscopic surgery Tuesday on right-hander Erik Hanson’s throwing shoulder.