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Bases on balls don't always kill you.

At least Detroit manager Jim Leyland will tell you that because his critical move of intentionally walking both catcher Joe Mauer and first baseman Justin Morneau in the 11th inning turned out to be a key piece of strategy in the Tigers' 11-9 16-inning victory Friday night over the Twins.

"It seemed like every time I turn around they're coming up," Leyland said of Minnesota's two left-handed thumpers. "They only hit three other guys and then they come back up, it seems like."

A one-out single, a wild pitch and a groundout to second put a runner on third with both of Minnesota's key left-handed hitters coming up against fire-balling right-hander Joel Zumaya.

It wasn't so much losing to New York on Friday, but it was how they lost.

The Jays blew this one in the fifth inning when they allowed the Yankees to score two runs despite the fact the lone hit they collected off Brian Tallet was a bunt single.

The problem was that Tallet started the inning with two walks prior to Johnny Damon's bunt single that loaded the bases.

A third walk, this one to Mark Teixeira, brought in a run as did a passed ball by catcher Raul Chavez.

"I feel bad how we lost," said Tallet, who took the loss. "To walk a guy in and then have another score on a wild pitch/passed ball, it was a heartbreaker."

Manager Cito Gaston didn't go to his bullpen in the fateful fifth to bail Tallet out.