The Yankees lost tonight but Alfonson Soriano made history becoming the first Major League Baseball to hit 13 lead-off home runs in a single season. The record was formerly held by Brady Anderson who did it with the Baltimore Orioles in the 1996 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 pitched 1 1-3 innings for the win, twice coming up with big strikeouts to prevent the Yankees from scoring. He 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.

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 deep left for his first career game-ending homer.

Wells will still be in the hunt for his 200th win after tonight's loss. He didn't pitch terribly, only giving up 3 earned runs in seven innings on nine hits. He struck out two and walked none.

Mike Mussina's scheduled start Tuesday has been pushed to Wednesday. New York manager Joe Torre said that will put him in a better position to pitch in the playoffs.

Derek Jeter had an RBI single in the fifth inning extending his on-base streak to 24 games.

The Yankees are now 97-59. Their lead in the AL East has been cut to 5 games with Boston's win over the Orioles tonight.