Posada's 12th-Inning Single Gives Yanks Win

Jorge Posada hit a game-ending RBI single in the 12th inning to lift the New York Yankees to a 6-5 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays on Saturday.

Toronto Blue Jays starting pitcher Roy Halladay reacts as New York Yankees' Jorge Posada runs the bases after hitting a home run during the fourth inning of a baseball game Saturday, July 4, 2009, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

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With one out and runners on first and second, Posada lined a 1-1 pitch from Shawn Camp into center field. Alex Rodriguez scored without a play as the Yankees poured out of the dugout to congratulate Posada near first base.

The Yankees have won nine of 10 to move a season-best 14 games above .500 and pull within a game of AL East-leading Boston, which lost 3-2 to Seattle on Saturday. Brett Tomko (1-2) pitched a scoreless inning for the win.

Mark Teixeira got the winning rally started with a liner that caromed off the first-base bag and over Lyle Overbay for a double. Rodriguez received his second consecutive intentional walk before Teixeira was cut down at third on Robinson Cano's sacrifice attempt.

Adam Lind hit a two-run homer and Alex Rios had three RBIs for Toronto, which has lost six of seven. Scott Rolen doubled in the fourth and is batting .407 (35 for 86) during his career-best 21-game hitting streak.

Posada, Johnny Damon and Hideki Matsui homered for the Yankees, who lost starter Chien-Ming Wang to a strained right shoulder in the sixth inning. Wang, who missed time earlier this season with weakness in his hips, was scheduled to get an MRI on Saturday.

Posada finished with two hits after missing New York's 4-2 win over the Blue Jays on Friday with a sore left thumb.

New York improved to 25-15 at the new Yankee Stadium, which has surrendered 135 homers already this season. The Yankees will reach the halfway point of their home slate on Sunday afternoon against the Blue Jays.

The Yankees led Roy Halladay and Toronto 3-2 before the Blue Jays rallied in the sixth. Marco Scutaro led off with a double and Lind hit a one-out drive over the wall in right for his 17th homer.

Wang then threw a ball to Rolen before manager Joe Girardi and assistant trainer Steve Donohue came out to the mound. After a short discussion, Wang headed for the Yankees' dugout.