DETROIT ? The Detroit Tigers were determined to win a one-run game. They just didn’t expect it to take so long.

The Tigers’ struggling bullpen blew a pair of one-run leads before Ivan Rodriguez homered leading off the 10th inning, giving Detroit a 5-4 victory Friday night over the Minnesota Twins.

“That’s a really good win for us,” manager Alan Trammell said. “It didn’t come easy, but it never does against Minnesota.”

Rodriguez lined a 2-1 pitch from Terry Mulholland (0-1) into the right-center stands to end Detroit’s three-game losing streak and give the Tigers their first win in six one-run games this year.

“I’ve been in baseball for 15 years, but I can still enjoy things like this,” Rodriguez said. “It was big for me and big for the team.”

Mulholland, who almost lost the game in the eighth, said he missed with a cut fastball.

“It was supposed to be inside, but it never got there,” he said. “I just didn’t locate that one very well.”

Troy Percival (1-1) gained the win with two innings of relief despite blowing a save in the ninth when Justin Morneau homered to tie it. The Tigers are 0-for-6 in save situations this year.

“I’m glad they gave me another inning to try to win it for us,” Percival said. “I made a terrible pitch to a good hitter, and he buried it, but my teammates deserved this win.”

Detroit's Ivan Rodriguez celebrates his walk-off home run against Minnesota. Rodriguez's shot gave the Tigers a 5-4, 10-inning victory Friday night in Detroit.

Detroit left fielder Craig Monroe made a diving catch to rob Lew Ford of extra bases, ending the ninth.

With the score tied at 3, Brandon Inge led off the Tigers’ eighth with a bloop single off Mulholland.

Rodriguez sacrificed Inge to second, and Carlos Guillen lined a sharp single to left. Shannon Stewart appeared to have plenty of time to throw out Inge at the plate, but his throw was up the first-base line, and Inge just evaded Joe Mauer’s diving tag for a 4-3 lead.

Inge was shocked that Tigers third-base coach Juan Samuel waved him in.

“I was running hard, but I kept expecting him to stop me,” he said. “When I realized he wasn’t going to do it, I was expecting a collision at the plate, but then he kept going farther and farther up the line, so I knew I better slide. I just got my toe in.”

Mulholland struck out Carlos Pena with the bases loaded, and Morneau tied the game again with a long homer leading off the ninth against Percival. Morneau came off the disabled list before the game.

Athletics 4, Angels 3

Anaheim, Calif. — Scott Hatteberg’s two-run single off Francisco Rodriguez with two outs in the ninth inning sent Oakland past Los Angeles. Scot Shields escaped his own bases-loaded jam in the seventh by retiring Mark Ellis on a groundout, then pitched a hitless eighth to make it 22 consecutive scoreless innings by the Angels’ bullpen. But the streak ended in the ninth.

Indians 6, Mariners 1

Seattle — C.C. Sabathia pitched seven strong innings, and Ronnie Belliard hit a three-run homer, leading Cleveland. The Indians handed Sabathia (1-0), a two-time All-Star making his second start of the season, a 5-0 lead in the first. Coco Crisp and Alex Cora led off the game with singles, and Travis Hafner and Casey Blake had RBI singles. With two outs, Belliard hit his fourth homer of the season, a 335-foot shot near the right-field corner for three more runs off Gil Meche (1-1).

Orioles 13, Blue Jays 5

Toronto — Jay Gibbons homered and drove in five runs, and Baltimore bounced back from consecutive shutout losses with a victory over Toronto. Melvin Mora, Miguel Tejada and Javy Lopez also homered for the Orioles. Gibbons ended a 22-inning scoreless streak with a broken-bat RBI single.

Rangers 5, Yankees 3

New York — Chris Young, not Kevin Brown, resembled a poised veteran. While the big rookie kept the Yankees off balance, Brown was hit hard from the very start. It took all of seven pitches for the home crowd to start booing him.

Perplexing the Yankees with a 72 mph breaking ball on a chilly night, Young (2-1) prevented New York from extending a winning streak to three games for the first time this season.

Devil Rays 5, Red Sox 4

St. Petersburg, Fla. — Eduardo Perez led off the ninth inning with his seventh career pinch-hit homer, giving Tampa Bay a victory. The son of Hall of Famer Tony Perez connected on the first pitch from Alan Embree (0-1) after the World Series champions scored twice in the top of the ninth to tie the game against Danys Baez (3-0).