Lucky 13th for White Sox in victory over Indians

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Juan Uribe blasted a two-run homer in the bottom of the 13th inning to guide the Chicago White Sox to a 6-4 victory over the Central Division-leading Cleveland Indians on Wednesday.

Uribe's homer to center field followed a single by Scott Podsednik with one out to give Chicago its sixth victory in 10 games.

The winning hit enabled Uribe to overcome a 12th inning error that led to a brief 4-3 lead for the Indians before Chicago tied the game in the bottom of the inning.

"The two errors were in the back of my mind," Uribe, who also had a throwing error in the 10th inning, told reporters.

"I'm glad I was able to come through because I felt the game might have been different if I made those two plays."

The Chicago shortstop was charged with the 12th inning error after a fly ball to shallow left field by Cleveland's Kenny Lofton hit and bounced out of his glove.

That enabled pinch-runner Josh Barfield to score.

Chicago got the run back in the bottom of the 12th on A.J. Pierzynski's solo homer.

Another home run, this one by the White Sox's Jermaine Dye, had tied the score at 3-3 in the eighth inning.

Cleveland standout C.C. Sabathia was bidding for his Major League-leading 15th victory in the game, but left after the seventh with a 3-2 lead.

He struck out six while allowing six hits and two runs.

The win went to Chicago's Jose Contreras, who pitched the final two innings.

Contreras snapped a seven-game losing streak and won in relief for the first time in four years.

Jhonny Peralta homered in the second and singled in the sixth for two of Cleveland's runs.

Chicago scored on Josh Fields's double and Paul Konerko's single for a pair of third-inning runs.

*Roy Halladay (13-5) struck out eight in seven innings and Vernon Wells drove in four runs as the Toronto Blue Jays used 16 hits to end the New York Yankees's five-game winning streak with a 15-4 rout.

Yankees loser Wang Chien-ming (13-6) gave up eight runs and nine walks in two-plus innings.

*Ichiro Suzuki had three hits and Jose Vidro drove in four runs in the Seattle Mariners's 8-4 home win over the Baltimore Orioles.

*Rob Bowen homered twice -- once from each side of the plate -- as the Oakland Athletics topped the Texas Rangers 6-3.