New York ? The scoreboard was reset to zero, all the runs and hits from the previous day wiped away.

Orlando Hernandez and Jorge Posada then went out and restored order at Yankee Stadium.

A night after Cleveland’s offense set records, El Duque (6-0) limited the Indians to one run and three hits in seven innings and Posada hit a go-ahead, two-run homer that led the New York Yankees over the Indians 5-3 Wednesday.

“El Duque set the tone,” Derek Jeter said. “He did everything we needed him to do.”

Cleveland’s Travis Hafner hit an RBI single in the first inning, and the Yankees left the bases loaded in the bottom half. Meanwhile, Boston spurted to a four-run lead against Anaheim at Fenway Park, and New York’s AL East lead over the Red Sox looked to be in danger of shrinking to 21/2 games, down from 10 1/2 on the morning of Aug. 16.

But the Yankees, sent to their most lopsided loss ever in a 22-0 rout Tuesday, rallied when Posada homered off C.C. Sabathia (10-9) in the fourth. John Olerud added a solo homer later in the inning, and Miguel Cairo hit another in the seventh off David Riske for a 4-1 lead.

Jeter had a hard-hit RBI single off the glove of third baseman Casey Blake in the eighth inning.

Boston beat Anaheim 12-7, leaving the Yankees’ lead at 3 1/2 games.

“Duque is back to where we remember him, where he was really our No. 1 starter back there in ’99. He loves the opportunity to stand tall,” Yankees manager Joe Torre said. “After last night, we certainly needed a pick-me-up, and he gave it to us.”

Red Sox 12, Angels 7

New York's Jorge Posada, left, rounds the bases after hitting a two-run homer of Cleveland's C.C. Sabathia. The Yankees won Thursday at New York.

Boston — Kevin Millar homered and drove in four runs, and the Boston Red Sox opened a 31/2-game lead over Anaheim in the wild-card race.

It was Boston’s eighth straight win, second in a row over the Angels and 14th in its last 15 games. The Red Sox have scored at least 10 runs five times in their last 12. Anaheim is 1-3 after winning nine consecutive games.

Johnny Damon had four of Boston’s 16 hits, and Mark Bellhorn, David Ortiz and Orlando Cabrera drove in two runs each. Terry Adams (5-4) pitched 2 1/3 scoreless innings for the win.

Twins 4, Rangers 2

Minneapolis — Terry Tiffee hit a go-ahead two-run double in his major league debut to cap an eighth-inning rally and help Minnesota deal Texas its third straight loss.

Trailing 2-1, the Twins scored three runs in the eighth with the last two coming on Tiffee’s chopper off Francisco Cordero (3-1). Cordero had converted 21 straight save opportunities.

The loss dropped the Rangers five games behind Boston in the AL wild-card race. Minnesota extended its lead over Cleveland in the AL Central to eight games.

White Sox 5, A’s 4

Chicago — Pinch-hitter Ross Gload came through with an RBI single in the ninth inning to help Chicago end Oakland’s eight-game winning streak.

Scott Hatteberg and Mark McLemore each had three hits for the A’s, who still lead the AL West by three games because Anaheim lost in Boston.

Oakland reliever Justin Duchscherer (5-5) gave up a leadoff single in the ninth to Jamie Burke, who tied a career high with three hits. Pinch-runner Willie Harris moved to second on a sacrifice bunt by Joe Borchard. Gload, batting for Joe Crede, singled to right, scoring Harris to win the game.

Shingo Takatsu (6-3) pitched a scoreless ninth for the win, and White Sox reliever Damaso Marte worked two scoreless innings in relief.

Orioles 8, Devil Rays 0

St. Petersburg, Fla. — Javy Lopez drove in four runs, Daniel Cabrera became the first rookie to win 10 games this season, and Baltimore held Tampa Bay to two hits.

Cabrera (10-7) sent Tampa Bay to its fifth straight loss. He allowed two hits, six walks and struck out three in 6 1/3 scoreless innings.

Blue Jays 4, Mariners 2

Toronto — Frank Menechino hit a tiebreaking homer in the seventh inning, and David Bush pitched seven strong innings to help Toronto beat Seattle.

Ichiro Suzuki, chasing George Sisler’s major league record for hits in a season, went 2-for-3 and has 214 hits. He has 30 games left to break Sisler’s mark of 257 hits set in 1920 with the St. Louis Browns.

Bret Boone hit a two-run homer for the Mariners, who had their season-high five-game winning streak snapped.