Yankees score four in 13th to tie, then beat A's in 14th

In their recent two-week stretch of good play that allowed them to keep the division lead, the Yankees won in a variety of ways.

Pitchers' duels, shootouts, grabbing the lead early and hanging on, grabbing the lead late and keeping it.

But nothing like Saturday.

Nothing close.

Trailing the A's by four runs going into the bottom of the 13th inning Saturday afternoon, the Yankees scored four times to tie it, then won it, 10-9, in the 14th when Eduardo Nuñez hit a two-out bases-loaded grounder that A's first baseman Brandon Moss couldn't handle.

Raul Ibañez's two-run homer, his second home run of the day, off Pat Neshek tied it at 9, sending what was left of the Stadium crowd of 44,026 -- not to mention the Yankees dugout -- into hysterics.

That scene repeated itself in the 14th as the Yankees kept their one-game lead over the Orioles, who won in extra innings in Boston, in the AL East.

Ibañez's role in the victory was shocking. The 40-year-old came into the game in an 0-for-18 slump and was 2-for-45.

Plenty happened in the inning, started by A's lefty Pedro Figueroa before Ibañez tied it.