Mike Lowell drove the Red Sox closer to a memorable achievement - their first division title in 12 years. With Boston's magic number down to two, that could come Thursday night for a team that is improving its hitting and health at just the right time. "We were happy being in the playoffs with the wild card," David Ortiz said after Lowell drove in five runs in an 11-6 win over the Oakland Athletics on Wednesday. "But we played good all year. We wanted to see if we could win the division. It hasn't been done in a while." Lowell led a 17-hit attack with three singles and kept the ball that gave him the team record for RBIs by a third baseman on a two-run single in the third. He finished the night with 116 RBIs, surpassing Butch Hobson's 112 in 1977.