Get ready for another best of seven between Boston and New York.

Tied atop the AL East with seven regular-season games to go, the Red Sox and Yankees appear headed for a fantastic finish again.

After splitting a pair of seven-game thrillers in the past two AL championship series, the upcoming week will not only decide the division title - it could leave one of these longtime rivals out of the postseason altogether.

"We need to go out and win all the games, as Boston does," New York manager Joe Torre said Sunday. "A week from today, the smoke clears. Hopefully, we're standing tall."

Both teams won Sunday to remain even at 91-64.

The Red Sox got home runs from Manny Ramirez and Johnny Damon, plus a solid outing from David Wells, in a 9-3 victory at Baltimore.

At Yankee Stadium, Robinson Cano hit a go-ahead, two-run homer in the seventh, Gary Sheffield added a three-run shot in the eighth and rookie Chien-Ming Wang pitched New York past Toronto 8-4 in its final scheduled home game of the regular season.

The Yankees head to Camden Yards for a four-game series beginning tonight, while Boston hosts the Blue Jays for four. Then the rivals go head-to-head three times at Fenway Park to close the season.

Both are a half-game behind Cleveland in the wild-card race.

At Chicago, Mark Buehrle (16-8) pitched a four-hitter and Paul Konerko homered to help the White Sox push their AL Central lead back to 2½ games over Cleveland.

At Kansas City, Mo., Cleveland center fielder Grady Sizemore lost Paul Phillips' ninth-inning double in the sun, allowing Angel Berroa to score the winning run. Victor Martinez hit a three-run homer for the Indians, who lost for only the third time in 20 games. They had won 10 straight against Kansas City.

At Anaheim, Calif., Jorge Cantu and Aubrey Huff homered on consecutive pitches from Bartolo Colon (20-8), and Tampa Bay ended Los Angeles' eight-game winning streak.Mark Hendrickson (11-7) won his seventh straight decision. The AL West-leading Angels remained four games ahead of second-place Oakland with a magic number of four for clinching the division title. The Angels and Athletics begin a four-game series in Oakland on Monday night.

At Oakland, Calif., Rod Barajas hit a three-run homer and Michael Young extended his career-best hitting streak to 22 games with an RBI double.

At Detroit, Mike Maroth (14-13) pitched seven effective innings for the Tigers. Carlos Pena's two-run homer off Jeff Harris traveled 461 feet, the longest in Comerica Park's six-year history.B

At Atlanta, the Braves rallied from a three-run deficit to beat A.J. Burnett and Florida 5-3, reducing their magic number for clinching a 14th straight division title to two.Atlanta is five games ahead of Philadelphia, and can wrap up the NL East tonight with a victory over Colorado and Philadelphia loss to the New York Mets.

At Denver, San Francisco scored four times in the ninth to top Colorado. The Giants closed within four games of NL West-leading San Diego, and visit the Padres for a four-game series starting tonight

At Chicago, Jeromy Burnitz hit a go-ahead, two-run homer off Mike Gallo (0-1) in the seventh inning, Derrek Lee also connected, and the Cubs cut the Astros' wild-card lead to one game.

At Cincinnati, Jimmy Rollins hit a leadoff home run, extending his hitting streak to 30 games, and fell a double short of the cycle as Philadelphia pulled within a game of Houston.

At Phoenix, Chad Tracy singled home Andy Green in the 10th inning, and Arizona dropped San Diego (77-78) below .500.

At Washington, Mike Piazza hit two of New York's four homers, and the Mets eliminated the last-place Nationals from playoff contention.

At Milwaukee, Jeff Suppan (16-10) allowed six hits in eight innings and Jim Edmonds homered to help St. Louis snap a three-game losing streak.