New York ? No matter what the New York Yankees do wrong, somehow everything seems to go right especially against the Boston Red Sox.

Jason Giambi led off the bottom of the ninth inning with an excuse-me single, right fielder Trot Nixon’s error let the tying run score and Jorge Posada drew a bases-loaded walk from Ugueth Urbina that gave the Yankees a 9-8 win over the Red Sox on Sunday.

Bernie Williams (51) bashes elbows with teammate Jason Giambi after Williams hit a first-inning home run off Boston pitcher John Burkett. The Yankees won, 9-8, Sunday in New York.

“It’s unbelievable the magic that happens around here,” Giambi said.

Yankees starter Jeff Weaver tied a team record by giving up five home runs two each to Nomar Garciaparra and Manny Ramirez as the Red Sox rallied to take an 8-7 lead.

But Giambi began the ninth with a check-swing single toward third base against an overshifted defense. Pinch-runner Enrique Wilson then scored when Bernie Williams’ groundball single rolled right through Nixon.

“It took a funny hop,” Nixon said. “Either way, I made the error. People can say what they want, but that cost us the game.”

Williams went all the way to third, and Robin Ventura and Raul Mondesi were walked intentionally to load the bases. Boston manager Grady Little lifted Nixon for Lou Merloni and played five infielders, with left fielder Ramirez in shallow center.

It didn’t matter. With the sellout crowd of 55,581 on its feet, Urbina (0-5) walked Posada, hitless in 13 at-bats, on a 3-2 pitch to force in the winning run. It was Urbina’s third blown save in 27 chances.

Mike Stanton (4-1) pitched two scoreless innings for the win.

“It was one of the most exciting weekends I’ve ever spent in the game of baseball,” Little said. “I don’t know if it’s us being snakebit or them having some Irish luck.”

Twins 4, Tigers 2

Detroit David Ortiz homered for the fourth time in three games as Minnesota completed a three-game sweep at Comerica Park.

“I got lucky,” said Ortiz, who has 11 home runs this season. “I got a feeling in the Metrodome that they’d be off the baggy. Right place, right time.”

Ortiz hit a solo home run that made it 2-all in the fourth. He is 13-for-35 with six home runs and nine RBIs since the All-Star break.

Eric Milton (12-7) gave up two runs and seven hits in seven innings. He struck out six and walked one despite having to warm up twice because of the rain delay.

Eddie Guardado pitched a scoreless ninth for his 32nd save in 35 saves.

Steve Sparks (4-10) took the loss. He struck out a season-high nine in 62â3 innings and allowed four runs, only two of them earned.

The Tigers took a 1-0 lead in the third on a double by Brandon Inge, Detroit’s first hit.

Rangers 7, Athletics 3

Oakland, Calif. Ivan Rodriguez drove in the go-ahead run with a bases-loaded single in the 12th inning as the Rangers snapped an eight-game losing streak.

Gabe Kapler had a two-run single and Alex Rodriguez hit an RBI triple in a five-run burst in the 12th.

The A’s wasted another strong start by Mark Mulder and several chances to claim their fourth straight victory. Oakland stranded two runners in the ninth and left the bases loaded in the 10th and 11th.

In the 12th, Jim Mecir (3-2) allowed Ivan Rodriguez’s drive to center field and Michael Young’s sacrifice fly before Kapler and Alex Rodriguez put it out of reach.

Jay Powell (2-1) allowed three hits and three intentional walks while pitching out of two jams for the victory, giving Texas a rare dose of resilient relief pitching.

Adam Piatt had an RBI single in the 12th against Todd Van Poppel.

Devil Rays 7, Blue Jays 5

Toronto Jorge Sosa earned his first major league victory and stopped Tampa Bay’s 13-game road losing streak.

Tampa Bay’s road skid was the longest since Philadelphia dropped 14 in a row on the road in 1997. The Devil Rays’ previous win away from Tropicana Field came on June 18 at San Francisco.

The Devil Rays had dropped seven straight overall and 15 of 16. They have the worst record in the majors at 30-66.

Eric Hinske and Chris Woodward homered for the Blue Jays, who saw their four-game winning streak end.

Pete Walker (3-2) took the loss.

White Sox 8, Orioles 7

Baltimore The Chicago White Sox took advantage of three ninth-inning errors, including two by Chris Singleton, to score two unearned runs and snap a four-game losing streak.

The White Sox received homers from Ray Durham, Jose Valentin and Tony Graffanino.

Bob Howry (1-2) earned the win and Antonio Osuna worked the ninth.

Angels 7, Mariners 5

Anaheim, Calif. Jarrod Washburn won his 12th consecutive decision and Garret Anderson drove in the go-ahead run with his second double.

Washburn (12-2) gave up five runs on eight hits in seven innings, struck out four and walked one.

The five earned runs equaled Washburn’s total in his five previous starts.Tim Salmon’s sacrifice fly off reliever Jeff Nelson (1-2) tied the game at 5 in the seventh. Anderson followed by doubling into the right-field corner, scoring Darin Erstad, who had singled, to give Anaheim a 6-5 lead.