White Sox Win 19-Inning Game

No one was happier than Tadahito Iguchi when he put an end to a pre-All-Star break marathon on Sunday.

Iguchi’s bases-loaded single in the 19th inning sent the Chicago White Sox to a 6-5 win over the Boston Red Sox in a 6-hour 19-minute game that began in sunshine and ended with the lights on at Chicago’s U.S. Cellular Field.

The teams each used eight pitchers who combined to throw 570 pitches.

“I’m glad it ended when it did,” said Iguchi, who is bothered by a sprained ankle. “Now I’m ready to use the All-Star break to get healthy.”

Jermaine Dye tied the score with two out in the ninth inning with a homer against closer Jonathan Papelbon, the first run the rookie has given up on the road.

Red Sox starter Curt Schilling gave up two runs and five hits in six innings, including a line-drive run-scoring single by Jim Thome that hit Schilling in the right elbow in the sixth. Schilling stayed in and retired the last two batters, but then his elbow began to swell.

“It’s pretty swollen and pretty sore,” Schilling said. “The spot where it got me, it wasn’t going to be long. As soon as I got in the dugout within 20 or 30 seconds, there was no shot of me being able to throw a baseball.”

Toronto 11, Kansas City 3 -- Roy Halladay became the majors’ first 12-game winner, and Aaron Hill had four hits for the second consecutive game at Kansas City, Mo. Halladay (12-2) has won 11 of his last 12 starts since an April 9 loss.

Troy Glaus, Eric Hinske and Bengie Molina homered for the Blue Jays, who had 16 hits. John McDonald was three for four and scored two runs.

Seattle 3, Detroit 2 -- Gil Meche held Detroit to four hits in seven innings, and Yuniesky Betancourt’s single drove in the go-ahead run at Seattle, ending the Mariners’ losing streak at six games.

Detroit lost for only the sixth time in 27 games and is in first place at the All-Star break for the first time since 1988.

Texas 5, Minnesota 2 -- Mark Teixeira and Gary Matthews Jr. each hit two-run homers against All-Star left-hander Johan Santana at Arlington, Texas.

It was the first time in 40 starts -- since June 2, 2005, against Cleveland -- that Santana gave up more than one homer in a game.

Tampa Bay 6, New York 5 -- Jorge Cantu and Aubrey Huff homered and drove in three runs apiece, helping the Devil Rays rally from a five-run deficit at St. Petersburg, Fla. The victory denied New York a sweep of the series and gave Tampa Bay a 4-3 record against first-place Boston and the second-place Yankees during a seven-game homestand heading into the All-Star break.

Baltimore 5, Cleveland 4 -- Corey Patterson scored on a passed ball in the eighth inning, and the Orioles came back to beat the Indians at Cleveland.