The Yankees sure didn't look like a team suffering from a lack of sleep.
Johnny Damon homered and tripled, Melky Cabrera added a three-run triple and Chien-Ming Wang delivered eight effective innings, leading New York to a 7-2 victory over the Detroit Tigers on Saturday night in Detroit.
The win evened the four-game series and gave the Yankees a three-game edge on the Tigers in the wild-card race. New York still trailed the Seattle Mariners by 2 1/2 games.
The Yankees send Phil Hughes to the mound Sunday against Jair Jurrjens, while Mike Mussina takes on Detroit ace Justin Verlander on Monday night.
Most of the Yankees didn't arrive at the ballpark until two hours before game time, after a 9-6 loss the night before that started more than four hours late because of strong storms. Several players said they did not get to sleep until 5 a.m.
Wang (15-6) improved to 5-1 in his last seven starts, allowing two runs — one earned — on five hits. He struck out six, walked one and held the Tigers without an extra-base hit, ending their streak at 89 games. It was Detroit's longest such streak in at least 50 years.
Wang is now 5-0 in six career starts against the Tigers, including two wins over Jeremy Bonderman this month.
RED SOX 14, WHITE SOX 2: At Chicago, Tim Wakefield allowed three hits in seven shutout innings and joined teammate Josh Beckett as the major league's only 16-game winners as Boston pounded Chicago pitching for a third straight game.
DEVIL RAYS 14, ATHLETICS 3: At St. Petersburg, Fla., Scott Kazmir struck out a franchise-record 13 batters as the Devil Rays won their second straight over Oakland by a combined score of 26-5. Kazmir's 13 strikeouts were a career high, one more than the previous team mark shared by teammates James Shields and Dan Wheeler, now a reliever. Wheeler was a starter in 1999.
INDIANS 9, ROYALS 4: At Kansas City, Mo., Grady Sizemore and Victor Martinez homered, and Aaron Laffey won in his third big league start for the Indians. Cleveland batted around in a five-run first against Kyle Davies before Sizemore led off the second with his 22nd home run.
RANGERS 5, MARINERS 3: At Arlington, Texas, Ian Kinsler hit a three-run homer, and the Texas Rangers took advantage of two Adrian Beltre errors to beat the Seattle Mariners. Joaquin Benoit (7-3) pitched the eighth, striking out two to earn the win. C.J. Wilson pitched the ninth to earn his eighth save in nine opportunities.
BLUE JAYS 9, ANGELS 2: At Anaheim, Calif., Gregg Zaun had two RBIs, scored a run with a headfirst slide and staved off another on a play at the plate to lead the Blue Jays. Shaun Marcum (11-5) won for the sixth time in his last seven starts, allowing two runs and eight hits over six innings with two walks and one strikeout.
TWINS 8, ORIOLES 1: At Baltimore, Torii Hunter hit a three-run homer to spoil the major league debut of Radhames Liz, Jason Bartlett went 4-for-4 with two RBIs, and the Twins handed the Orioles their fifth straight loss.
National League
METS 4, DODGERS 3: At New York, Orlando Hernandez pitched seven sharp innings and Carlos Delgado snapped an 0-for-19 skid with a two-run single in the fifth, sending the New York Mets to a victory over the Los Angeles.
PADRES 4, PHILLIES 3: At Philadelphia, Kevin Kouzmanoff hit a go-ahead homer off Brett Myers in the ninth inning and San Diego handed slumping Philadelphia its fourth straight loss.
CARDINALS 5, BRAVES 4: At St. Louis, Jim Edmonds and Albert Pujols had two hits and an RBI each and St. Louis snapped Tim Hudson's nine-game winning streak.
REDS 11, MARLINS 7: At Cincinnati, Ken Griffey Jr. hit career homer No. 591 and drove in four runs and Cincinnati won its season-high fifth straight. Griffey had a two-run double and a two-run homer off Sergio Mitre (5-7).
PIRATES 4, ASTROS 1: At Houston, Jose Bautista homered twice and Matt Morris won his first game for the Pirates to lead Pittsburgh to its fourth straight win.
ROCKIES 5, NATIONALS 1: At Denver, Ubaldo Jimenez threw a three-hitter over seven innings and Brad Hawpe hit his career-high 23rd home run for Colorado. Jimenez (3-2) fanned four and walked two in his third consecutive stellar outing. In his last three starts, he's allowed one run and 10 hits in 20 innings.
GIANTS 6, BREWERS 2: At San Francisco, Barry Bonds drove in two runs and San Francisco sent Milwaukee to its third straight defeat. The Giants scored four runs on a walk and five consecutive singles in the first inning, as the Brewers lost for the 20th time in 29 games.
DIAMONDBACKS 3, CUBS 1: At Phoenix, Conor Jackson hit a two-run homer, Doug Davis won for the sixth time in seven decisions and Arizona remained two games ahead of San Diego in the NL West.