BOSTON — Kevin Youkilis homered twice and tied a career high with six RBIs, rookie Junichi Tazawa stopped New York's big bats and the Boston Red Sox snapped a five-game skid against the Yankees with a 14-1 win.
The Red Sox roughed up A.J. Burnett and set a team record with their eighth consecutive multihomer game. David Ortiz and Alex Gonzalez also connected for Boston, which has 39 homers in August with eight games left.
The Yankees beat the Red Sox 20-11 in the series opener with their most runs and hits (23) since July 20, 2007. But on Saturday, they left six runners in scoring position while Boston continued the slugging that has produced 49 runs in five games, four of them wins.
Tazawa (2-2) worked out of trouble all day, allowing eight hits and two walks in six scoreless innings.
The Yankees dropped to 15-4 in their last 19 games, a stretch that includes a four-game sweep of Boston. Their AL East lead over the Red Sox fell to 6 1/2 games.
ANGELS 7, BLUE JAYS 3: At Toronto, Vladimir Guerrero and Juan Rivera homered, Ervin Santana won his fourth straight start and the Angels beat slumping Toronto. Guerrero broke a 3-all tie with a solo shot in the sixth inning and Rivera provided some insurance with a two-run drive in the eighth.
The AL West leaders avoided their first three-game losing streak since June 20-22.
WHITE SOX 4, ORIOLES 1: At Chicago, Carlos Quentin homered, John Danks pitched into the seventh inning and the Chicago White Sox beat the Baltimore Orioles.
Danks (11-8) walked six but allowed just one run and three hits in 6 1-3 innings. Matt Thornton worked a scoreless inning, Octavio Dotel got two outs and Bobby Jenks finished for his 27th save in 31 opportunities.
INDIANS 4, MARINERS 3: At Cleveland, Luis Valbuena homered with two out in the 11th inning to give the Cleveland Indians a 4-3 win over the Seattle Mariners.
Valbuena lined a 2-0 pitch from right-hander Randy Messenger (0-1) over the right-field wall for his seventh homer to cap Cleveland's comeback. The Indians trailed 3-0 after one inning.
RAYS 5, RANGERS 4: At St. Petersburg, Fla., Carlos Pena homered twice and drove in the winning run with an RBI single in the 10th inning, giving the Tampa Bay Rays a 5-4 victory over the Texas Rangers.
Evan Longoria was hit by a pitch from Jason Grilli (1-2) to start the bottom of the 10th and went to second when Ben Zobrist walked. Pena then hit a liner to center to score Longoria.
TWINS 8, ROYALS 7: At Kansas City, Mo., Jason Kubel drove in three runs and Brian Duensing, with the help of four relievers, earned his first major league win as the Minnesota Twins held on for an 8-7 victory over the Kansas City Royals.
ATHLETICS 3, TIGERS 2: At Oakland, Calif., Kurt Suzuki hit a game-ending RBI single to give the Athletics to the victory. Adam Kennedy led off the ninth with a single against Zach Miner (5-4) and advanced on Rajai Davis' sacrifice.