Cleveland ? With one improbable swing, Bill Selby gave the rebuilding Cleveland Indians and their fans some much-needed excitement.

Selby’s grand slam capped Cleveland’s six-run ninth inning against Mariano Rivera as the Indians rallied from seven runs down to stun the New York Yankees 10-7 Sunday.

A horde of Cleveland Indians congratulate Bill Selby after Selby's grand slam in the ninth inning beat New York, 10-7.

“This one came out of nowhere,” said shortstop Omar Vizquel. “But this is really special because it’s the New York Yankees and Mariano Rivera.”

Trailing 7-0 after four innings, the Indians cut it to a three-run game heading into the ninth against Rivera (1-4), who blew his second save of the series after converting 17 straight chances.

“Good teams bounce back from whatever bad defeat they endure and this is one of the worst,” Yankees manager Joe Torre said. “This was a blown save plus.”

Chris Magruder’s RBI groundout and Ellis Burks’ run-scoring double made it 7-6. Rivera then intentionally walked Thome to load the bases with one out for Selby, who had five homers in 269 career at-bats.

“Rivera is simply the best so all I wanted to do was put my bat on the ball,” Selby said. “With him, you know what is coming and still can’t hit it.

“But there was an electricity in the crowd that we just seemed to feed off that. We collectively just seemed to will a win against a great pitcher.”

Selby nearly won it with a liner down the right-field line that was foul by less than a foot. On the next pitch, Selby connected for a drive over the right-field fence for his first homer since June 17, 2001 when he was with Cincinnati.

“Everybody just went crazy,” said Vizquel.”

It wasn’t the first big home run allowed by Rivera at Jacobs Field. He allowed a go-ahead homer to Sandy Alomar in Game 4 of the 1997 first-round playoff series that helped the Indians knock the Yankees out.

Twins 5, Rangers 4

Minneapolis David Ortiz and Torii Hunter homered in the bottom of the eighth inning as the Minnesota Twins overcame two home runs by Alex Rodriguez.

Trailing 4-3, Hunter led off the eighth with a shot to right-center off Colby Lewis (1-2). Then Ortiz hit his homer to straight away center, giving the Twins the lead for good.

The rally came a half-inning after Rodriguez, who homered for the third straight game, appeared to send the Rangers to their second straight win over the Twins with his two-run shot off reliever Mike Jackson. The Twins went up 3-2 after Luis Rivas hit a two-run single in the seventh.

J.C. Romero (5-1) pitched1/3 innings for the win. Eddie Guardado worked the ninth for his 28th save in 32 opportunities.

Blue Jays 6, Red Sox 5

Toronto Eric Hinske hit a game-winning homer in the ninth after connecting for a tiebreaking home run in the seventh.

Hinske homered off Tim Wakefield in the seventh, and hit his 16th homer on closer Ugueth Urbina’s (0-4) first pitch in the ninth.

Down 5-3 in the top of the ninth, Boston’s Trot Nixon tied it with a two-run shot off closer Kelvim Escobar (5-4).

The Blue Jays, who took three of four from Boston, had lost 11 consecutive games to the Red Sox before winning Friday night.

Hinske, who went 2-for-4 with two RBIs, recorded his second multihomer game of the season.

Pedro Martinez allowed three runs one earned on five hits in six innings. He struck out eight.

Mariners 7, Devil Rays 6

St Petersburg, Fla. Ruben Sierra hit a tiebreaking home run in the eighth inning.

Bret Boone also hit a solo homer for the Mariners, who gave right-hander Freddy Garcia an early five-run lead that the All-Star pitcher couldn’t protect.

Left-hander Mark Watson (1-0) got two outs for his first career victory. Kazuhiro Sasaki worked the ninth for his 23rd save in 27 opportunities.

Sierra led off the eighth with a first-pitch homer, his 12th, off Travis Phelps (0-1).

Orioles 6, Athletics 3

Baltimore Jay Gibbons hit two home runs and had a career-high five RBIs.

Gibbons hit a two-run drive in the third inning and put Baltimore up 6-3 with a three-run shot in the fifth. He has 16 homers, one more than he hit as a rookie last year in a season shortened by a wrist injury.

After scoring only one run in the first three games of the series, the Orioles feasted on Oakland starter Cory Lidle (2-8), who yielded six runs in 51/3 innings.

Rodrigo Lopez (9-3) allowed three runs, seven hits and two walks in seven innings.

White Sox 6, Tigers 4

Detroit Carlos Lee had two homers among his four hits, and the Chicago White Sox took advantage of a pair of throwing errors to snap a three-game slide.

Lee hit solo shots in the third and fifth innings to give the White Sox a 3-1 lead.

With Chicago trailing 4-3 in the eighth, Lee hit a ground ball to Detroit third baseman Shane Halter, whose wild throw put Lee on second.

Lee was given a hit, and Halter charged with an error.

Magglio Ordonez moved Lee to third with his third hit of the game. After Jose Paniagua replaced Detroit starter Adam Bernero (2-5), Jose Valentin hit a one-out triple to the right field corner to drive in two.