A-Rod, Yankees snap 5-game losing streak
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Whatever Alex Rodriguez said, it sure didn't go over well with the Blue Jays. It did, however, help the New York Yankees snap a five-game losing streak. Rodriguez distracted Toronto third baseman Howie Clark by shouting at him on a key popup in the ninth inning, touching off arguments all over the field, and the Yankees beat the Blue Jays 10-5 Wednesday night.
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Alex Rodriguez, Derek Jeter and Bobby Abreu homered to back the pitching of Andy Pettitte and lead the New York Yankees to a 7-3 victory over the struggling Tampa Bay Devil Rays on Thursday night.
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Alex Rodriguez had a night befitting legends. The Yankees planned to take him out of the starting lineup because of his sprained right ankle, but A-Rod talked his way in. Then he homered twice in an eight-run seventh inning to lead host New York over Seattle, 10-2, last night and help the Yankees open a three-game lead over the Mariners ...
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A little rest did a lot of good for Alex Rodriguez. A-Rod rejoined the Yankees' lineup and showed off All-Star form last night, hitting a home run that tied him with Lou Gehrig on the career list and leading host New York to a wild 14-9 win over the Los Angeles Angels.
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Mariano Rivera recorded the last five outs to give the Yankees their fifth consecutive victory and moved them within seven games of first-place Boston in the American League East.
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The New York Yankees pounded the  Toronto Blue Jays 10-5 in a controversial road win on Wednesday  that snapped the Yankees&#39; five-game losing streak .
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Alex Rodriguez believed the losing would stop sooner or later. And while it's early to declare a turnaround, the New York Yankees are taking steps in that direction. The latest came Tuesday night, when Rodriguez homered and drove in three runs in a 7-3 victory over the Chicago White Sox.
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Alex Rodriguez hit his 50th and 51st  home runs of the season to propel the New York Yankees to an  11-5 road victory over the Kansas City Royals on Saturday.
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Starter Kei Igawa ran into early trouble against the Athletics while Oakland starter Chad Gaudin baffled the Yankees, who have now lost 8 of their last 10 games.
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The Yankees loss dissolved any momentum they had after winning Friday, and brought them back to where they stood before this series: seven games under .500, 13 Â½ out of first place.
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The New York Rangers snapped a four-game losing streak with a 5-0 rout of the Tampa Bay Lightning on Friday.
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Chien-Ming Wang gave the New York Yankees something they hadn't had last summer: a nine-inning complete game. Wang pitched a five-hitter, and Alex Rodriguez and Bobby Abreu keyed the Yankees' reviving offense in a 5-1 victory over the Chicago White Sox on Wednesday night,
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The Yankees used a new batting order for the second straight game and scored plenty of runs against the Devil Rays, who have lost nine games in a row.
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Alex Rodriguez hit a go-ahead double in the seventh inning and the surging New York Yankees won their fifth straight game, beating the Toronto Blue Jays 6-1 on Wednesday night.
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Jorge Posada homered off Chris Ray to break a ninth-inning tie, and the New York Yankees rallied for their fifth straight victory, 5-4 over the Baltimore Orioles on Friday night.
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Alex Rodriguez became the youngest player to reach 450 home runs, but committed his team-leading 18th error in the New York Yankees' 7-3 loss to the Toronto Blue Jays on Friday night.
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The Yankees' Alex Rodriguez hit his major league-leading 50th and 51st home runs last night, connecting in consecutive at-bats on 3-1 counts against RHP Brian Bannister in an 11-5 rout of the Royals.