The Associated Press

DETROIT - Dmitri Young had three hits and scored twice, including the go-ahead run in the sixth, to help the Detroit Tigers beat the Boston Red Sox 4-3 on Friday night.

Carlos Guillen had three hits, including a game-winning single that helped the Tigers stop a four-game losing streak.

Boston lost for the fourth time in six games and dropped a season-high 10 1/2 games behind the first-place New York Yankees in the AL East. The largest deficit the Red Sox have ever overcome to win the division was 10 games, in 1988.

"We need to forget about them and just worry about ourselves," outfielder Johnny Damon said. "That's a lot of games to make up, especially when not a lot of teams are able to play the Yankees well."

Boston's Derek Lowe (9-10) gave up four runs - for the fifth straight start - and nine hits over seven innings.

Yankees 11, Blue Jays 4

NEW YORK - Hideki Matsui homered twice and drove in a career-high six runs in the first three innings.

Javier Vazquez (13-6) allowed three runs in the first inning but yielded only two doubles and a single the rest of the way before being removed after the eighth inning.

It was Matsui's first multihomer gamer in 1 1/2 seasons since coming to the major leagues from Japan.

Athletics 3, Twins 1, 11 innings

MINNEAPOLIS - Eric Chavez hit a go-ahead double in the 11th inning and Oakland survived Octavio Dotel's second straight blown save. Oakland, which moved ahead of Texas back into the AL West lead, led 1-0 before Shannon Stewart homered off Dotel (2-1) leading off the ninth.

Indians 3, White Sox 2

CHICAGO - C.C. Sabathia outpitched Mark Buehrle in a matchup of top left-handers, and Coco Crisp hit a three-run homer to lead Cleveland. The Indians' 10th win in 15 games moved them within percentage points of overtaking the White Sox for second place in the AL Central.

Orioles 9, Rangers 1

BALTIMORE - Erik Bedard took a three-hitter into the seventh inning, and Baltimore hit three home runs for their fourth consecutive victory.

Angels 3, Royals 0

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Kelvim Escobar (6-8) struck out nine in seven innings, and Robb Quinlan hit a two-run homer in a three-run fourth that led Anaheim over Kansas City.

Devil Rays 2, Mariners 1, 10 innings

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - Carl Crawford scored the winning run when Seattle shortstop Jose Lopez was charged with obstruction in the 10th inning.