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Blue Jays end their six-game losing streak

Toronto 3 Oakland 1 (11)
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Ricky Romero of the Toronto Blue Jays celebrates after striking out Michael Taylor in the fifth inning Saturday.

David Cooper hit a tying homer in the ninth inning and Edwin Encarnacion scored on catcher George Kottaras's throwing error in the 11th, lifting the Toronto Blue Jays over the Oakland Athletics 3-1 Saturday.

The Blue Jays ended a six-game losing streak a day after they fell to the A's 5-4 in 15 innings.

Cooper hit a solo homer off Ryan Cook with one out in the ninth. Cook gave up a tying, three-run shot in the ninth on Friday night.

Encarnacion hit a leadoff single in the 11th against Jerry Blevins (4-1). Encarnacion stole second with one out and Rajai Davis walked.

As Jeff Mathis struck out, Encarnacion stole third and scored on Kottaras's error. Moises Sierra, who had three hits, added an RBI double.

Jesse Chavez (1-1), promoted from Triple-A on Friday, got the win and Darren Oliver recorded his second save.

The A's had won three in a row. They loaded the bases in the 10th, but Josh Reddick was called out on strikes.

Oakland went into extra innings for the sixth time in its last 24 games, a span that includes a pair of 15-inning wins.

A's rookie right-hander A.J. Griffin left with two outs in the second with tightness in his pitching shoulder.

Griffin, who lowered his ERA to 2.42, allowed a leadoff single to Yunel Escobar and then retired five straight before being replaced by Jordan Norberto, who gave up four hits over a career-high 3 2 /3 innings.

Blue Jays starter Ricky Romero gave up a run and three hits in seven innings. He remained winless over his last eight starts, in which he received a total of six runs of support.

Derek Norris hit an RBI double in the Oakland second. The A's loaded the bases with two outs in fifth but Romero struck out Michael Taylor.

Sierra was thrown out at the plate trying to score on Anthony Gose's two-out double in the second.

The Blue Jays also had two runners in scoring position in the fourth before Norberto got Yan Gomes on a short flyout and Sierra on a grounder.

SEATTLE 1 N.Y. YANKEES 0

NEW YORK - Every five days, Felix Hernandez makes Seattle just so much better.

King Felix dominated the Yankees in their own ballpark again, helping the light-hitting, last-place Mariners look like world beaters by pitching a twohitter for his third shutout of the season in a 1-0 win over New York 1-0 on a sticky, sunny Saturday.

"That's probably the best start I've seen as a manager," Seattle's Eric Wedge said. "In a 1-0 ballgame, he knows one pitch can be the ballgame. That was just special stuff to watch today. What you saw today, you're not going to see anything better than that."

It's one of the best starts the Bronx has seen from a visiting pitcher in a while.

According to Baseballreference.com, the last pitcher to win a 1-0 complete game at either Yankee Stadium was Cleveland's Greg Swindell in September 1988.

The last pitcher to win 1-0 while allowing two hits or less in the Yankees' ballpark was Baltimore's Jim Palmer, who pitched a two-hitter on June 1, 1978.

Hernandez (10-5) outdid Hiroki Kuroda in a duel of pitchers who hadn't lost since June.