The Associated Press

NEW YORK - Not even when Babe Ruth played for the Boston Red Sox had they romped this way.

Nomar Garciaparra, Kevin Millar and Todd Walker homered as the Red Sox posted their biggest shutout victory in New York, routing Roger Clemens and the Yankees 11-0 Saturday.

"Our offense is scary," said Johnny Damon, who had two hits and drove in two runs. "It's someone different every day."

On this afternoon, everyone seemed to take part as the Red Sox won their fifth in a row and sent New York to its third straight loss. Knuckleballer Tim Wakefield did his part, too, pitching seven scoreless innings.

With chants of "Let's go Red Sox!" reverberating through the crowd of 55,237, Boston cut the Yankees' edge in the AL East to 1 1/2 games, their slimmest margin since July 29.

"When they get a hittable ball, they're hitting it, that's for sure," Clemens said. "They're hotter than a pistol right now."

A day after Yankees owner George Steinbrenner besieged his players and staff during a 9-3 loss, the Boss was not seen as the Red Sox romped to a 7-0 lead. After it was over, he was virtually silent - as were his hitters.

The Red Sox eclipsed their previous most-lopsided shutout win in New York, a 10-0 victory on April 23, 1919, in the season opener. That was the same season Ruth led the Red Sox in homers and RBIs, and before the Yankees were known as the Bronx Bombers - that loss came at the old Polo Grounds, across the Harlem River in Manhattan.

"You ride through the tough times and, hopefully, you make them end as quickly as possible," Yankees manager Joe Torre said. "We really have to look at the big picture. People still have to come and get us."

The Yankees and Red Sox play their last scheduled game against each other Sunday. David Wells, winless in his last seven starts, pitches against Boston's Jeff Suppan.

"We certainly need to win tomorrow," Torre said. "We probably needed to win today."

Overall, it was the most one-sided shutout loss for New York at Yankee Stadium since Milwaukee won 12-0 on April 27, 1984.

"I think it's mostly a coincidence," said Walker, who drove in four runs. "They have hit the ball better at our place and we've hit it better here, I think."

Boston chased Clemens with six runs in the fourth inning, sending the Rocket to his earliest exit - not related to an injury - since June 6, 1999, against the New York Mets.

Twins 5, Rangers 2

MINNEAPOLIS - A.J. Pierzynski hit a two-run homer and Brad Radke pitched seven strong innings.

Shannon Stewart went 3-for-5 with an RBI as the Twins won their fourth straight game and maintained a share of first place in the Central Division with Chicago.

White Sox 8, Indians 5

CHICAGO - Esteban Loaiza became the first 19-game winner in the major leagues, and Paul Konerko drove in the tying and go-ahead runs to lead Chicago.

Konerko's 17th homer, on Rafael Betancourt's second pitch in the sixth inning, tied the game at 5. The White Sox then scored three times with two outs in the seventh.

Blue Jays 1, Tigers 0, 10 innings

TORONTO - Roy Halladay pitched the first extra-inning shutout in the major leagues since Jack Morris in Game 7 of the 1991 World Series to lead Toronto past Detroit.

Pinch hitter Bobby Kielty drove in the winning run off Fernando Rodney (0-2) when he singled to center.

Devil Rays 7, Athletics 4

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - Pete LaForest and Carl Crawford drove in two runs each to lead Tampa Bay past Oakland.

The Devil Rays (56-84) surpassed their 2002 victory total.

Orioles 3, Mariners 1

BALTIMORE - Eric DuBose allowed one run in eight innings and Tony Batista homered and drove in two runs in Baltimore's win.

The loss dropped Seattle 1 1/2 games behind Boston in the wild-card race and kept the Mariners two games back of Oakland in the AL West.

Angels 6, Royals 5, 1st game; Angels 3, Royals 1, 2nd game

ANAHEIM, Calif. - Adam Kennedy homered and drove in three runs, and Kevin Gregg got his first major league victory as the Anaheim Angels completed a doubleheader sweep Saturday with a 3-1 win over the Kansas City Royals.