They got a fine pitching performance from ace Roy Halladay, reached double figures in runs for the first time since May 6 and twice had an apparently secure lead.

And still, the host Baltimore Orioles rallied for an unlikely 12-10 victory in 11 innings yesterday.

Nolan Reimold hit a three-run homer in the bottom of the 11th inning, providing the Orioles with their first three-game winning streak of the season and extending the Blue Jays' skid to nine games.

"Been a long time since we had a lot of fun like that," said Baltimore manager Dave Trembley.

Baltimore trailed, 8-3, when Halladay left after seven innings, and 10-8 after Aaron Hill hit a two-run homer in the top of the 11th.

But after Luke Scott hit an RBI single off Brian Wolfe (1-1) to put runners at the corners with one out in the 11th, Reimold sent a 1-1 fastball over the wall in left-center, his fourth homer in 13 games since being recalled from Triple A Norfolk.

In other games:

* At Minneapolis, Daisuke Matsuzaka and the rest of Boston's pitchers tied a modern-day record with six wild pitches - he had four alone - while Twins starter Kevin Slowey (7-1) allowed two runs on six hits in six innings of a 4-2 victory over the Red Sox.

Matsuzaka (0-3) tied a franchise record set 80 years ago with four wild pitches, while relievers Manny Delcarmen and Justin Masterson threw one each. It was just the fifth time since 1900 that a team threw six wild pitches in a game.

* At Arlington, Texas, Hideki Matsui homered twice and Mark Teixeira and Robinson Cano also homered to lead the New York Yankees over the Rangers, 9-2.

* At Kansas City, Rick Porcello (6-3) won his fifth straight start, Placido Polanco homered and drove in three runs and the Detroit Tigers beat the Royals, 8-3.

Bench coach John Gibbson managed the Royals after baseball suspended Trey Hillman for one game for spitting in an umpire's eye while arguing a call in a game against the Tigers on Monday. Hillman contends it was accidental.

* At Oakland, Russell Branyan hit a go-ahead, two-run homer in the sixth inning, Erik Bedard (3-2) won for the first time in five starts and the Seattle Mariners beat the Athletics, 6-1.

In other news, Oakland put Nomar Garciaparra back on the disabled list with the same calf injury that already sidelined him for 3 weeks.

* At Anaheim, Jered Weaver (4-2) and Brian Fuentes combined on a five-hitter, Bobby Abreu had two RBI, and the Los Angeles Angels defeated the Chicago White Sox, 3-1.

* At Cleveland, Ben Francisco homered and drove in four runs and the Indians earned their first three-game winning streak of the season by defeating the Tampa Bay Rays, 12-7, in a game that was delayed almost 2 1/2 hours by rain.

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