Chicago ? The New York Yankees will have to wait at least one more day to claim the AL East.

Magglio Ordonez hit a three-run homer in the 10th inning Monday night, sending the Chicago White Sox to a 6-3 victory over the Yankees and delaying any celebration.

“I don’t think anybody was pressing. We just got beat,” New York’s Derek Jeter said.

Hanging over the Yankees’ lockers were sheets of plastic for protection against champagne.

“I didn’t sense us being overanxious,” New York manager Joe Torre said. “I thought we were fine. We were loose.”

Ordonez’s first career game-ending homer came off Jeff Weaver as the White Sox kept their faint hopes alive in the AL Central. Chicago is tied for second with Kansas City, five games behind Minnesota with six games left.

“It’s really nice, and we got to keep going,” Ordonez said. “We’ve got six more games to go, and we want to try to win every one.”

Weaver was making his first appearance since Sept. 5.

“I was just happy to get in there. Obviously, the results are still poor,” he said.

Yankees third baseman Aaron Boone throws to first for an out after fielding a grounder from Chicago's Miguel Olivo. The White Sox won, 6-3 in 10 innings, Monday in Chicago to prevent the Yankees from winning the AL East outright -- at least until today.

“We still feel real good as a whole and are playing well. I think we’ll get it done tomorrow.”

Roberto Alomar singled with one out in the 10th off Gabe White (2-1), and Weaver relieved and walked Frank Thomas. Ordonez then homered to left, his 29th of the season.

Alfonso Soriano homered twice for the Yankees, who already are guaranteed no worse than the AL wild-card berth. Their division lead was cut to five games over second-place Boston, which beat Baltimore, 7-5.

Tom Gordon (7-6) pitched 11/3 innings for the win, twice coming up with big strikeouts to prevent the Yankees from scoring.

Gordon relieved in the ninth and struck out Derek Jeter with the bases loaded. Then, after Jorge Posada singled with one out in the 10th and Hideki Matsui was walked intentionally with two outs, Gordon fanned Aaron Boone.

“Flash has been Flash lately,” White Sox manager Jerry Manuel said of Gordon. “Each time he’s taken the ball, he’s had the chance to save or win the game. The question about him is his health and he’s been healthy all year.”

With David Wells trying for his 200th career win, the Yankees broke on top.

Soriano set a major-league record for leadoff homers when he hit his 13th this season on Bartolo Colon’s second pitch of the game. He added another solo shot in the third.

Red Sox 7, Orioles 5

Boston — Manny Ramirez, Trot Nixon and David Ortiz homered to lead the Red Sox over Baltimore and protect Boston’s lead in the AL wild-card race. Jeff Suppan (3-3) allowed two runs and six hits in six innings. Jason Johnson (10-9) gave up six runs — five earned — and seven hits before leaving four batters into the sixth. He has not won in eight starts since Aug. 10. Byung-Hyun Kim pitched a perfect ninth for his 16th save in 19 chances.

Devil Rays 5,

Blue Jays 2

Toronto — Roy Halladay lost a chance at his 22nd win when he was ejected, and Tampa Bay’s Rob Bell held Toronto hitless for six innings. Julio Lugo homered off Halladay for the Devil Rays, who snapped a four-game losing streak. Chad Gaudin, Joe Kennedy and Lance Carter followed Bell and finished the four-hitter. Halladay (21-7) had not allowed an earned run in a club-record 41 innings before Lugo connected leading off the sixth. The Toronto ace had thrown four consecutive complete games — he came in 4-0 with a 0.24 ERA in September. Halladay was tossed in the sixth for hitting Rocco Baldelli with a pitch.

Mariners 5, Angels 1

Anaheim, Calif. — Jamie Moyer became the fifth pitcher with a 20-win season in his 40s, and Randy Winn hit an inside-the-park homer as Seattle beat Anaheim. Bret Boone homered off Jarrod Washburn (10-15) and had three hits. The Mariners are four games back of first-place Oakland in the AL West with five to play. Moyer (20-7) took a five-hit shutout into the ninth, but Chone Figgins singled and scored on a throwing error by third baseman Willie Bloomquist.

Athletics 7, Rangers 3

Oakland, Calif. — Eric Chavez homered, doubled and drove in two runs, and Barry Zito won his third straight start as Oakland defeated Texas for the fifth time in a row. Miguel Tejada had two hits and three RBIs, and Jermaine Dye also homered as the first-place A’s lowered their magic number to win their second straight AL West title to two. Any combination of A’s wins and Seattle losses totaling two would give Oakland the division. The A’s could clinch as soon as today.