Cano's hit lifts Yankees in 10th after wild ninth

Robinson Cano singled home the winning run in the 10th inning after Toronto closer Jeremy Accardo balked home the tying run in a wild ninth, and the New York Yankees rallied past the visiting Blue Jays, 3-2, last night.

Accardo's meltdown cost Roy Halladay his 11th win after he stymied the Yankees for seven innings in an entertaining pitching duel with Andy Pettitte. Aaron Hill's tiebreaking double off struggling reliever Kyle Farnsworth in the eighth gave Toronto a 2-1 lead.

Andy Phillips opened the New York ninth with a single and pinch-runner Miguel Cairo stole second. After failing on a bunt attempt, Melky Cabrera grounded a single off first baseman Lyle Overbay's glove for his third hit of the night.

Third-base coach Larry Bowa waved Cairo home with none out, even though strong-armed rightfielder Alex Rios was charging the ball hard. Rios threw a strike on the fly to catcher Gregg Zaun, who tumbled over after withstanding a glancing blow to his legs by Cairo's head.

Cabrera went to second on the throw home and easily stole third, taking off before Accardo even began his delivery. Accardo walked Johnny Damon, then balked home the tying run.

In other games:

* At St. Petersburg, Fla., Ty Wigginton went 4-for-4 for the second straight game to tie a Tampa Bay record with eight consecutive hits and help beat the Angels, 8-3.

* At Minneapolis, lefthander Nate Robertson (6-6) allowed three hits in seven innings to outduel Matt Garza in Detroit's 1-0 victory over the Twins.

* At Boston, Leo Nunez took a shutout into the fifth inning in his first career start, outpitching 15-year veteran Tim Wakefield to help Kansas City beat the Red Sox, 9-3.

* At Cleveland, Ryan Garko's RBI single in the 11th inning drove in Jason Michaels as the Indians beat the White Sox, 6-5.

* At Seattle, Jeremy Guthrie (5-3) pitched six strong innings, and Jay Gibbons' three-run homer in the sixth inning gave Baltimore the lead for good in the Orioles' 8-3 win over the Mariners.

* At Oakland, Michael Young had five hits and drove in three runs, and the Texas Rangers sent the Athletics to their ninth straight loss, 11-4.

* White Sox general manager Kenny Williams unexpectedly joined his struggling team in Cleveland and pledged to continue rebuilding it before he starts tearing it apart. The day before, the bullpen nearly blew a nine-run lead before holding on, 11-10.

* Yankees righthander Jeff Karstens, coming back from a broken left leg suffered April 28, pitched five innings in a rehab start for the Double A Trenton Thunder, allowing four hits and one earned run.

Meanwhile, Phil Hughes, who has been on the disabled list with hamstring and ankle injuries, is scheduled to throw 60 pitches today for Trenton. *