NEW YORK -- Robinson Cano, Curtis Granderson, Russell Martin and Mark Teixeira stepped up the plate, sent the ball over the wall and circled the bases like a conga line in a nine-run second inning. With record-tying power backing a superb start by CC Sabathia, the New York Yankees have first place all to themselves with two games to go and hope theyll have a real party before this series against the Boston Red Sox is over. "Theres a lot of teams that would love to be in our position right now," Teixeira said after the Yankees routed the Red Sox 10-2 Monday night to open a one-game lead over Baltimore in the AL East. "You can count all of the things that have gone wrong but, hey, were right here where we want to be. And if we keep winning, well be division champions and have a chance to make a run in the playoffs." New York (93-67), which clinched its 17th playoff berth in 18 years on Sunday, would ensure its 13th division title in 17 years by sweeping the three-game series against the Red Sox. Baltimore (92-68) lost 5-3 at Tampa Bay and dropped into second place, prompting cheers from the Yankee Stadium crowd of 45,478 when the final score was posted just before the ninth. "Thats what you want," manager Joe Girardi said. "Thats what you hope that you have all the time when youre playing this game, that you can control your own destiny." New York tied its record for home runs in an inning, achieving the feat for the third time. Sabathia (15-6), with perhaps his best changeup of the year, allowed two runs and four hits in eight innings with seven strikeouts and a walk. Following a stretch of four shaky outings, he is 2-0 with a 1.50 ERA in his last three. "Im just trying to relax and not overthrow," he said. He reached 200 innings for the fifth straight year and stayed in for 103 pitches, with the Yankees wanting to rest their top relievers rather than take him out early. Girardi wouldnt say whether hed consider starting his ace on short rest Friday if New York fails to win the division and winds up in the new one-game, wild-card playoff. "Im not worried about Friday. Im worried about today, and now that today is over Im worried about tomorrow," Girardi said. "I think if you start thinking too far ahead, you can get yourself in a bad position." Sabathia said hell be ready Friday if needed. "Its time to put up or shut up," he said. "I want the ball." Cano homered leading off the second against Clay Buchholz (11-8), a drive off the blue facing below the glass-enclosed bar behind Monument Park in centre, and hit a two-run double later in the inning. He kept checking for Baltimores score. "Its hard to avoid because its right on the board," he said. "We dont need to worry about the Orioles or anybody else. We need to win." Cano added another double in the fourth and has seven straight multihit games, raising his average to .308. "When Robby gets on these streaks, theres no one better in baseball," Teixeira said. "It looked like he was playing Wiffle Ball out there, just flicking the ball all over the ballpark." Granderson hit a two-run, second-deck homer to right and Martin followed with a solo shot off the top of the wall above the scoreboard in right-centre, a drive upheld after a video review. Teixeira, back in the lineup for the first time since Sept. 8 following his recovery from a strained left calf, greeted Alfredo Aceves with a two-run drive into the second deck in right. Nick Swisher nearly followed with another homer, hitting a foul drive deep down the right-field line before doubling. Even slumping Alex Rodriguez got in on the offence, hitting a sacrifice fly to end a streak of 11 games without an RBI. He tied Stan Musial for fifth place on the career list at 1,950. Starting what may be its final series under first-year manager Bobby Valentine, Boston has lost six in a row and 10 of 11, reaching 91 defeats for the first time since dropping 100 games in 1965. In what resembled a spring training lineup, the Red Sox started just two regular position players, Cody Ross and Jarrod Saltalamacchia. Six of the starters had uniform Nos. 50 or higher. Dustin Pedroia was out of the starting lineup because of an injured finger, and Jacoby Ellsbury sat against the left-hander after returning from an injury last weekend. "You play the cards that you have," Valentine said. "Thats all we have right now." NOTES: Girardi scratched Ivan Nova from his scheduled start Tuesday following a pair of poor outings and replaced him with rookie David Phelps. Hiroki Kuroda starts Wednesday and Andy Pettitte is lined up to start Thursday if a tiebreaker game is needed to decide the AL East. Phil Hughes would pitch on normal rest if there is a game Friday and the Yankees decide not to bring back Sabathia then. ... New York has outhomered Boston 38-14 in matchups this season. ... The Yankees also homered four times in an inning on June 30, 1977, at Toronto (Cliff Johnson twice, Thurman Munson and Lou Piniella), and on June 21, 2005, against Tampa Bay (Gary Sheffield, Rodriguez, Hideki Matsui and Jorge Posada). ... Yankees LF Ichiro Suzuki made a leaping catch on Danny Valencias drive in front of the wall in the corner to end the seventh. ... New Yorks Melky Mesa had an RBI single in the eighth in his first big league at-bat. ... New York OF Brett Gardner grounded out in the eighth, his first plate appearance since April 17. ... Buchholz was roughed up for eight runs and six hits in 1 2-3 innings. 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The Rockies have lost eight of their past nine games and are 4-13 since the All-Star break. Holliday homered twice, giving him 21 for the season, and tied his season high with five RBIs. He went 3-for-4 and is 13-for-24 against Colorado this year. Rockies rookie Josh Rutledge had his fourth straight multihit game and his fourth homer of the season. Jake Westbrook (10-8) pitched six innings, giving up four runs in the sixth when the Rockies went ahead 5-3 with a barrage of five extra-base hits. The first four came in succession to start the inning. The final one ended it. Eric Young Jr. hit a run-scoring double that gave the Rockies a 5-3 lead. But Young tried to stretch the hit into a triple. He never got a signal to slide from third base coach Rich Dauer and was tagged out waist-high by third baseman David Freese after a strong relay throw by second baseman Tyler Greene. "Anytime theres any question marks, its on me," Young said. "I should slide." Manager Jim Tracy said, "We got to where we needed to get to in the game and they got our better guys. Thats what it boils down to." Rex Brothers took the mound in the seventh and walked pinch-hitter Skip Schumaker to begin the inning. Left-handed hitting David Descalso singled off the left-handed Brothers, and after he struck out Allen Craig, Belisle came on to face Holliday. He drove Belisles 1-0 fastball an estimated 452 feet into the left-field stands. "We were just going inside fastball and he was ready," Belisle said. "Right now, hes hittting everything well, but you still have to execute pitches.ddddddddddddIf I had to do it over again, (i) still feel real confident with going inside with a heater but just maybe stay inside a little more." Hollidays first homer came in the first, a two-run opposite-field shot off Drew Pomeranz, who gave up three runs in four innings. "I definitely feel like it wasnt that bad of a pitch, especially the way I was battling him," Pomeranz said. "I threw him a 3-2 curveball, and he was all over it." The Rockies rally in the sixth spared Pomeranz from possibly losing for the fourth straight start. He gave up a run in the second on doubles by Yadier Molina, who had three hits, and Greene. Left fielder Carlos Gonzalez reached over reached over the fence to rob Greene of a home run. The ball popped out of Gonzalezs glove into the outfield. Umpires upheld the double call after a 50-second video review. "I really didnt have my best stuff," Pomeranz said. "I got to learn to pitch on days like today." Gonzalez went hitless in four at-bats and walked once, ending his streak of hitting safely in 29 consecutive home games. He fell one shy of tying the franchise record set by Larry Walker, who had a 30-game home hitting streak in 2002. For Belisle, the blown save was his fifth of the season. He allowed his first homer of the season on April 24 at Pittsburgh to Clint Barmes and his second on Saturday to Cincinnatis Eric Ludwick. Neither one wiped out a Rockies lead as did Hollidays blast. "I just pride myself on preparing myself for big pitches in big situations," Belisle said. "This one is extremely hard to swallow. and I take it completely on my shoulders for this loss." NOTES: Rockies 1B Todd Helton (flulike symptoms) and OF Michael Cuddyer (sore oblique) were out of the lineup. ... Alex White (2-6) will be recalled from Triple-A Colorado Springs to start the series finale for the Rockies against Lance Lynn (13-4). ... The Cardinals activated RHP Edward Mujica and optioned RHP Trevor Rosenthal to Triple-A Memphis. Mujica was acquired from the Miami Marlins on Tuesday. ... Freese extended his hitting streak to 12 games. ... The Rockies activated C Wil Nieves from the 15-day DL and designated him for assignment. ' ' '