NEW YORK — Jorge Posada crossed first base and the New York Yankees spilled out of the dugout.

Some wins are bigger than others, and the Yankees certainly thought the thrilling nature of last night's 10-9 victory over the Los Angeles Angels would propel them to even bigger things.

"Hopefully, we can learn a lot from it," Posada said after his two-run, ninth-inning single off Brian Fuentes capped a comeback from a five-run deficit.

New York took a 4-0 lead in the first inning as Posada hit a two-run homer. But Andy Pettitte couldn't hold it, and the Angels scored six runs in the sixth inning and three more in the seventh.

Melky Cabrera's RBI single, Ramiro Pena's two-run single and Derek Jeter's RBI grounder off Jose Arredondo cut the deficit to 9-8 in the eighth. Then in the ninth, Fuentes (0-2) walked slumping Mark Teixeira on a 3-2 pitch leading off, and Hideki Matsui and Robinson Cano singled to load the bases with no outs.

Posada got ahead 2-0 in the count, then singled to left-center on a 3-2 pitch. New York won for the sixth time in seven games at Yankee Stadium since losing the opener and stretched its winning streak to a season-high four overall.

"This shows that we can come back. We can come back against tough teams, and we do have a lot of weapons on this team that could pitch in and contribute for us," Johnny Damon said.

Yankees outfielder Nick Swisher bruised his right elbow when he was hit by a pitch in the first inning and left after two. X-rays were negative. The Angels' Bobby Abreu left after 6 1/2 innings because of a tight lower back.

WHITE SOX 4, RANGERS 3

Jim Thome hit a tying three-run double in the top of the sixth inning, Chris Getz tripled home the go-ahead run in the seventh, and Mark Buehrle (4-0) allowed three runs and seven hits in six innings to lead Chicago.

RAYS 6, RED SOX 2

Evan Longoria extended his torrid hitting against Boston pitching with a grand slam, Carlos Pena also homered, and Andy Sonnanstine (1-3) allowed two runs and eight hits in 5 2/3 innings helping Tampa Bay beat the Red Sox.

BLUE JAYS 8, ORIOLES 4

Roy Halladay (5-1) gave up four runs and 10 hits over eight innings to win his 10th straight decision against Baltimore and Kevin Millar drove in three runs against his former team to propel host Toronto.

INDIANS 6, TIGERS 5

Carl Pavano (1-3) gave up two runs and five hits in 7 1/3 innings and Cleveland held off Detroit, which closed to 6-5 when Miguel Cabrera hit a three-run shot in a five-run bottom of the eighth inning.

TWINS 7, ROYALS 5

Joe Mauer homered in his season debut and scored three times, and Justin Morneau broke a 5-all tie in the bottom of the fifth inning with a two-run shot, leading Minnesota over Kansas City.

MARINERS 8, ATHLETICS 7

Jose Lopez hit an RBI single to right field on the 14th pitch from Russ Springer with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning to score Endy Chavez from third base as Seattle rallied from five runs down to beat Oakland.

NATIONAL LEAGUE

CARDINALS 6, NATIONALS 2

Albert Pujols, Chris Duncan, Ryan Ludwick and Joe Thurston each hit homers and Todd Wellemeyer (2-2) allowed two runs on six hits over seven innings to lead visiting St. Louis past Washington. Ryan Zimmerman singled in the third, extending his hitting streak to a Nationals-record 20 games.

METS 7, PHILLIES 4

Daniel Murphy hit a two-run homer, and Mike Pelfrey (3-0) gave up three runs and seven hits over 5 1/3 innings and also drove in two runs — matching his career total — as visiting New York beat Philadelphia.

REDS 4, PIRATES 0

Bronson Arroyo (4-1) allowed four singles over eight innings, Francisco Cordero gave up a single in the ninth, and Brandon Phillips homered as visiting Cincinnati ran Pittsburgh's scoreless innings streak to 22.

CUBS 8, MARLINS 6

Ryan Theriot hit a grand slam in the sixth inning for a 6-5 lead and host Chicago overcame Rich Harden's wildness — five runs and six hits with four walks in 3 2/3 innings — to beat Florida when rookie David Patton (1-1) worked two scoreless innings to earn his first career victory.

DIAMONDBACKS 5, BREWERS 2

Pinch-hitter Tony Clark's two-run double highlighted a four-run eighth inning, and visiting Arizona rallied to beat Milwaukee, which won Thursday's game with a four-run surge in the seventh inning.

BRAVES 7, ASTROS 2

Jeff Francoeur hit a two-run homer and drove in another run as host Atlanta beat Houston and roughed up former Brave Mike Hampton (1-2), who gave up five hits and six runs in 4 1/3 innings in a game delayed two hours by rain after the seventh inning.

GIANTS 3, ROCKIES 2

Randy Johnson (2-2) struck out the first five batters, retired the first 11 overall, yielded four hits and struck out nine before leaving with a 2-0 lead in the seventh for his 297th career victory as host San Francisco held off Colorado.

DODGERS 1, PADRES 0

Russell Martin drew a walk from Duaner Sancherz with the bases loaded and two outs in the bottom of the ninth, Clayton Kershaw gave up four hits in seven innings, and Ronald Belisario, Wil Ohman and Jonathan Broxton (3-0) finished the four-hitter as Los Angeles beat San Diego.