Minneapolis ? The throw was there. All Bengie Molina had to do was tag Dustan Mohr.

But with a shove of his shoulder, Mohr broke two bones above Molina’s left wrist and sent the ball rolling away as two runs scored. The Minnesota Twins escaped Wednesday with a critical 6-5 win over the Anaheim Angels.

Talk about bang-bang plays.

And Molina was charged with one tough error.

“He’s a pretty big guy. I was trying to hit him hard enough for the ball to come out,” Mohr said. “It’s unfortunate that he was injured.”

Percival (0-5), who hadn’t given up an earned run in his previous 37 innings against the Twins, walked Justin Morneau with two outs and Mohr pinch ran.

Stewart followed with a hard shot down the left-field line, his third hit of the game. Garrett Anderson’s throw home beat Mohr, but the collision knocked the ball loose. Stewart, who never stopped running, came around as the ball rolled down the first-base line.

“I was barely out of the way when Stewy came home,” Mohr said.

Molina, whose wrist snapped back on the play, was on the ground for several moments before teammates helped him to his feet. X-rays revealed a broken radius and ulna above his left wrist.

Anaheim catcher Bengie Molina, center, is helped off the field Wednesday after suffering a broken left wrist in a ninth-inning collision with Minnesota's Dustan Mohr. Molina's failure to hold onto a throw from leftfield following a Shannon Stewart hit allowed the tying and winning runs to score as the Twins came from behind to win, 6-5.

“We’re all concerned about Molina,” Twins manager Ron Gardenhire said. “Dustan was just playing the game. He wasn’t trying to hurt anyone. But it’s unfortunate that happened.”

Eddie Guardado (2-5) pitched two-thirds of an inning for the win.

After wasting an early four-run lead, Anaheim went ahead 5-4 in the seventh on Juan Rincon’s wild pitch.

With the score 4-all and Jeff DaVanon on third, Rincon struck out Tim Salmon on what would have been the final out of the inning. But the low pitch hit the dirt and skipped past catcher A.J. Pierzynski, allowing DaVanon to score and Salmon to advance to first.

Boston 5, Chicago 4

Chicago — David Ortiz homered in consecutive at-bats, including a solo shot in the 10th inning for Boston.

Ortiz finished with four RBIs, matching his career and season highs. Manny Ramirez went 2-for-4 with a run scored in his first game back in the lineup after being benched.

It was the 10th victory in 13 games for Boston, which began the day four games behind New York in the AL East race and a half-game behind Seattle for the wild card.

Orioles 9, Athletics 0

Baltimore — Rodrigo Lopez pitched a seven-hitter as Baltimore battered Tim Hudson and ended Oakland’s 10-game winning streak. The A’s committed a season-high five errors, and Hudson (14-5) was pulled after allowing five runs and eight hits in three innings — his shortest stint of the year.

The victory ended a nine-game skid for the Orioles, who entered 0-7 against Oakland and 0-7 against Hudson. Larry Bigbie hit a three-run homer for Baltimore.

Lopez (7-9) was 0-2 with a 6.55 ERA in two starts against Oakland this year, but only allowed one runner past second in his first shutout and third complete game of the season.

Blue Jays 4, Yankees 3

Toronto — Josh Phelps hit a two-run homer and Eric Hinske hit a go-ahead sacrifice fly in the seventh inning as Toronto rallied from a three-run deficit.

Phelps hit a two-run homer in the fourth off Mike Mussina in the fourth that cut New York’s lead to 3-2.

After Vernon Wells singled off Antonio Osuna (2-5) in the seventh, Myers doubled off Gabe White. Phelps was intentionally walked and Hinske hit his sacrifice fly.

Jason Kershner (1-3) pitched two innings for his first major-league win.

Devil Rays 7, Mariners 0

St. Petersburg Fla. — Doug Waechter became the first Tampa Bay pitcher to throw a shutout in his first major-league start, leading the Devil Rays. Waechter (2-0), who threw just 100 pitches, went to high school four miles from Tropicana Field and pitched in front of more than 100 friends and family members.

Seattle starter Freddy Garcia (11-13) allowed five runs and seven hits over five innings. He had been 6-0 against Tampa Bay.

Tigers 6, Indians 5

Detroit — Shane Halter hit a leadoff homer in the 11th inning to lift Detroit. The Tigers (36-102) have won two straight and need seven wins in their final 24 games to avoid matching the 1962 Mets’ post-1900 record of 120 losses.

Halter homered off Jose Santiago (1-2) on the second pitch of the inning, making a winner of Jamie Walker (4-3).