Boston ? The Red Sox are back together and back home, and they think that may be the solution to their problems.

“This is the 2004 Red Sox that you see,” first baseman Kevin Millar said Tuesday night after Boston turned the halfway point in the season with an 11-0 rout of the Oakland Athletics. “This is the first time we’re back in our house with our lineup.”

Tim Wakefield pitched seven innings of three-hit ball, and Johnny Damon singled five times as Boston rebounded from a horrible trip to beat a potential rival in the playoff race. Oakland and Texas are tied for first in the AL West, two games ahead of the Red Sox in the wild-card standings; Boston trails the Yankees by seven games in the East.

“We both know where we stand, and we both know we are fighting for the same thing right now,” said Wakefield, who won for the first time since May 23. “It was huge for all the guys in the clubhouse in there. We needed to win this one.”

Winless in seven previous starts, Wakefield (5-5) did not allow a runner until Marco Scutaro hit a liner that drifted away from right fielder Trot Nixon for a double with two outs in the third. Only one other batter reached second against Wakefield, who struck out six and walked one.

Bill Mueller hit a three-run homer in the second, and the Red Sox scored four times in the fourth off Barry Zito (4-6) and again in the fifth off Justin Lehr.

Zito allowed seven runs — six earned — on nine hits and three walks in four innings, walking in two runs in the fourth. The 2002 AL Cy Young Award winner is winless in five starts.

“A lot of pitches they hit were good pitches,” he said. “I had great stuff. The preparation was great.”

The Red Sox returned to Fenway Park after going 1-5 on the road, including a three-game sweep by the division-leading Yankees. Boston is 29-31 since May 1, squandering a three-game lead in the division to fall as many as 81/2 games behind New York.

Tigers 9, Yankees 1

New York — Jason Johnson pitched eight dominant innings, and Rondell White and Bobby Higginson hit two-run homers to help the Tigers end a five-game skid. Dmitri Young had three doubles and scored two runs, Carlos Guillen had a two-run single, and White added an RBI single against his former team as the Tigers won for the first time at Yankee Stadium since Sept. 7, 2002.

Boston's Manny Ramirez gestures toward the dugout after getting on base in the first inning of Boston's 11-0 rout of Oakland. The Red Sox won the game Tuesday at Fenway Park in Boston.

Devil Rays 3, Orioles 1

Baltimore — Mark Hendrickson pitched eight shutout innings, and the Devil Rays halted a three-game losing streak. Hendrickson (6-6) allowed six hits, struck out two and walked one.

Blue Jays 7, Mariners 6

Toronto — Carlos Delgado doubled in his first at-bat off the disabled list, and Reed Johnson and Josh Phelps homered in a six-run first inning for Toronto. Delgado, who missed 33 games because of a strained ribcage, went 1-for-3. Toronto went 13-20 while he was sidelined.

Indians 4, Rangers 1

Cleveland — The Indians halted a three-game losing streak, and relief pitcher Bob Wickman pitched for the first time in almost two years. Wickman allowed one hit in the eighth he hadn’t pitched in the majors since Aug. 10, 2002, after undergoing “Tommy John” surgery.

Angels 6, White Sox 2

Chicago — Jeff DaVanon hit a three-run homer off Freddy Garcia, who lost his first home game with Chicago. Anaheim broke a two-game losing streak and picked up a game on the AL West leaders, Oakland and Texas, who are 31/2 games ahead. The Angels had lost six of their last seven.