New York ? A bad throw by Mariano Rivera to second base on a bunt. A bloop single to shallow center field. A blown game in the final inning.

The New York Yankees had seen all of this before. Only one consolation Saturday this time, it didn’t cost them the World Series championship.

Seattle's Jeff Cirillo connects for a ninth-inning, tiebreaking single against New York. Cirillo also homered in the Mariners' 9-5 victory Saturday in New York.

Jeff Cirillo took part in an early home-run derby, then hit a tiebreaking single off Rivera in the ninth inning that gave the Seattle Mariners a 9-5 victory over the Yankees.

“Is that deja vu again?” Yankees manager Joe Torre asked.

In a game featuring six home runs, the Mariners won their third in a row. They rallied from a 5-0 deficit, and took advantage of Rivera’s mistake to score four times.

For Rivera and the Yankees, it was an eerie repeat of the ninth inning of Game 7 of the World Series. Arizona wound up rallying for two runs that November night, winning 3-2 on a soft single by Luis Gonzalez.

Once again, Rivera made a wide throw to second base on a bunt, setting up a go-ahead single that landed in the grass barely beyond second base.

“What happened is in the past. That’s how I treated it,” Rivera said. “I was focusing on this game, not on other games.”

Desi Relaford singled off Steve Karsay (1-1) to start the Seattle ninth. Rivera relieved and, after fielding Ben Davis’ bunt, made a tailing throw to shortstop Derek Jeter.

“It did seem kind of the same with the throw to second, pulling Jeter off and all,” Cirillo said.

After a bunt by Luis Ugueto and an intentional walk to Ichiro Suzuki loaded the bases with one out, Cirillo singled for a 6-5 lead.

Ruben Sierra followed with a tapper in front of the plate that also went for an RBI single when Rivera and catcher Jorge Posada both backed off, and John Olerud hit a two-run single.

“The bunt is a great offensive weapon,” Mariners manager Lou Piniella said. “You can’t go wrong advancing runners.”

The game’s first nine runs all scored on homers. The Mariners made it 5-all in the eighth on singles by pinch-hitter Bret Boone and Suzuki and Posada’s passed ball.

The Yankees loaded the bases with two outs in their eighth, but Jeff Nelson (1-0) caught Jeter looking at strike three on a 3-2 pitch. Nelson swung his arm and shouted as he ran off the mound.

“Nellie gets revved up,” Torre said. “But he gets the job done.”

Posada hit a three-run homer that bounced into the monuments beyond the left-center field in the first inning. Alfonso Soriano added a two-run shot in the second for a 5-0 lead off Jamie Moyer.

But Orlando Hernandez, who began the day with an AL-leading 1.75 ERA, let the early edge slip away and tied a career high by allowing four home runs. Cirillo connected for the third straight game, Davis hit his first AL homer and Carlos Guillen and Olerud added solo shots.

White Sox 10, Athletics 2

Chicago Jose Valentin drove in five runs and Ray Durham homered as Chicago roughed up Tim Hudson and beat Oakland. Valentin, 2-for-4, was one shy of his single-game high for the White Sox, who have beaten Oakland twice after losing 10 straight to the A’s. Chicago, outscored 32-5 in Oakland last weekend, has outscored the A’s 16-3 the last two games.

Hudson (3-3) came in with a 1.87 ERA, second-lowest in the American League. But he matched his career high by allowing nine earned runs in 61*3 innings. He also allowed nine hits and walked three, including one intentional.

Todd Ritchie (3-2) allowed two runs and nine hits, struck out three and walked three in six-plus innings, avenging a loss last weekend to the A’s.

Randy Velarde and Jeremy Giambi hit solo homers for Oakland.

Indians 3, Rangers 0

Cleveland Bartolo Colon dominated for eight shutout innings and Omar Vizquel homered as Cleveland snapped a six-game losing streak. Colon (4-3) gave four hits and started two double plays for the Indians, who also halted a seven-game losing streak at Jacobs Field by winning for just the third time in 18 games. Vizquel homered off Ismael Valdes (2-4), and Jim Thome and Ricky Gutierrez added RBIs for the Indians, who scored more than two runs for the first time in seven games. Texas had won a season-high six straight.

Blue Jays 4, Angels 1

Toronto Justin Miller allowed one run in seven innings and Toronto ended its nine-game losing streak. Toronto ended Anaheim’s eight-game winning streak and halted its longest losing streak in eight years. Miller (2-0), making his second career start, allowed just four hits and two walks.

Twins 3, Tigers 2

Minneapolis Cristian Guzman’s infield single drove in the winning run in the ninth inning, leading Minnesota over Detroit and giving the Twins their 10th straight win at home. Guzman, who returned to the lineup after missing five games with inflammation behind his left kneecap, spoiled the major league debut of Fernando Rodney (0-1). Guzman’s chopper with the bases loaded and two outs was fielded by second baseman Damian Jackson, who was too deep to make the force out at second.

Red Sox 7, Devil Rays 5

St. Petersburg, Fla. Shea Hillenbrand’s two-out, pinch-hit grand slam capped a five-run ninth inning and gave Boston a victory over Tampa Bay. The towering drive to left field off Victor Zambrano (1-2) struck one of the catwalks that ring the outfield at Tropicana Field about 120 feet above the playing surface.