Red Sox Close Within 2 1/2 Games of Yankees
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In just 19 days, the Boston Red Sox have cut the New York Yankees' 10 1/2-game AL East lead to 2 1/2 games. "We're just going to take care of what we can take care of," Boston reliever Mike Timlin said after the Red Sox beat Texas 2-0 on Friday night for their 10th straight victory...
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This was what the Red Sox had in mind as, over the last few weeks, they furiously whittled away the 10 1/2-game lead the Yankees held in the American League East on Aug. 15.
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The surging New York Yankees thrashed  the Baltimore Orioles 12-0 on Tuesday to move within 2 1/2  games of the Boston Red Sox in the American League East.
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NEW YORK -- Don't expect the Red Sox to buy the theory that the Yankees' pitching has declined. Not after the Sox managed only eight runs on 20 hits over three of the most important games of the season. While the Yankees hit .308 and scored 27 runs, the Sox mustered only a .200 average as two of their core ...
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NEW YORK - Jon Lieber allowed only one hit, and John Olerud's two-run homer helped the New York Yankees build a 3-0 lead over Pedro Martinez and the Boston Red Sox after seven innings in Game 2 of the AL championship series Wednesday night.    Gary Sheffield's RBI single in the first put New York ahead, and Olerud connected in the sixth on Martinez's 106th pitch...
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Following 4 1/2 months of struggles, the New York Yankees are back in a playoff position, sweeping the Boston Red Sox to take over the AL wild-card lead.
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The Yankees came into the series needing three victories to eliminate Boston from the A.L. East race. Losing the opener cut their lead to 10Â½ games.
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Johnny Damon had two home runs including a grand slam to lead the Boston Red Sox to a 10-3 win over the New York Yankees Wednesday night in the deciding game for the American League pennant. The Red Sox became the first team to lose the first three games of a seven game series and then win the next four.
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By winning a 4-hour, 43-minute marathon the Yankees closed within 4.5 games of A.L. East-leading Boston.
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Those Red Sox managers just never learn. With an eerie similarity to last year's postseason debacle, Pedro Martinez took a lead into the eighth inning before tiring and the New York Yankees rallied past Boston 6-4 Friday night to open a 5 1/2-game advantage in the AL East.
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In just 19 days, the Boston Red Sox have cut the New York Yankees' 10 1/2-game AL East lead to 2 1/2 games. "We're just going to take care of what we can take care of," Boston reliever Mike Timlin said after the Red Sox beat Texas 2-0 on Friday night for their 10th straight victory. "We won today. We're going to win tomorrow."
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NEW YORK - The New York Yankees took a 2-0 lead over the Boston Red Sox after two innings in the American League Championship Series Tuesday night, a rematch of New York's seven-game victory last year.    With two outs against Boston starter Curt Schilling (21-6), Gary Sheffield doubled to left...
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Jon Lieber allowed only one hit, and John Olerud&#39;s two-run homer helped the New York Yankees build a 3-0 lead over Pedro Martinez and the Boston Red Sox after six innings in Game 2 of the AL championship series Wednesday night.
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The Boston Red Sox crept closer to the New York Yankees in the AL East on Tuesday night, beating the Tampa Bay Devil Rays 10-8 on Kevin Millar&#39;s two-out, two-run homer in the 11th inning.
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Thanks to another solid performance by Mike Mussina, the Yankees took another step toward the playoffs and now trail the Red Sox by a game and a half in the A.L. East.
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Thanks to David Ortiz&#39;s two-run walkoff homer in the bottom of the 12th at 1:22 this morning, this baseball season isn&#39;t over just yet at Fenway Park.
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David Ortiz hit a two-run homer to right field in the first inning to give the Boston Red Sox a 2-0 lead over the New York Yankees after one inning of play in Game 7 of the AL championship series Wednesday night.