Brown, Jeter Hand Yankees Series Lead Over Twins
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Kevin Brown pitched six innings and Derek Jeter notched three hits and drove in three runs to lead the New York Yankees to an 8-4 victory over the Minnesota Twins in the American League Divisional Series Friday.
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Hideki Matsui hit a sacrifice fly to score Derek Jeter in the bottom of the 12th inning, giving the New York Yankees a dramatic 7-6 victory over the Minnesota Twins in the American League Divisional Series Wednesday.
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This time, however, they hope to take a 2-0 lead back to Minnesota as they continue their best-of-five AL Division series with the New York Yankees.
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NEW YORK -- Yankees manager Joe Torre won the game. Actually Derek Jeter (5 for 5) and Bobby Abreu (four RBIs) did.
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com. The Yankees overcame a 12th-inning deficit against the Twins on Wednesday, scoring twice in the bottom of the inning to take a dramatic, 7-6 win in Game 2 of the American League Division Series.
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Derek Jeter homered leading off the game for his 1,000th career run, then stole a pair of bases in the ninth inning and scored on Hideki Matsui's two-out single to lead the New York Yankees over Cleveland, 5-4, last night, the host Indians' ninth straight loss.
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MINNEAPOLIS - Brad Radke pitched seven solid innings, Corey Koskie drove in three runs and the Minnesota Twins beat the New York Yankees in the regular season for the first time since 2001 with an 8-2 victory Tuesday night.    Koskie and Justin Morneau each homered for Minnesota, which won for only fourth time in its last 12 games and handed the Yankees their second straight loss...
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TORONTO - Tony Clark homered three times for the first time in his career, Ruben Sierra hit a grand slam for his 300th homer, and Gary Sheffield and Alex Rodriguez also connected to lead the New York Yankees over the Toronto Blue Jays 18-6 on Saturday.    New York, which overcame a 4-0 deficit for the second time in the series, had nine runs and 10 hits in the ninth inning, both season highs...
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In the Major League Baseball playoffs, the New York Yankees overcame a late-game deficit to beat the host Minnesota Twins 6-5 and advance to the American League Championship series.
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Derek Jeter and Hideki Matsui cracked  solo homers and Bernie Williams added a two-run shot to earn  the New York Yankees an 8-7 win over the Toronto Blue Jays in  the American League (AL) Friday.
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Johan Santana and the Minnesota Twins' dazzling defense had the New York Yankees seeing double. Santana and the Twins escaped trouble with the help of a record-setting five double plays, Jacque Jones homered in his first start since the death of his father, and the Twins beat the Yankees 2-0 Tuesday night to win their eighth straight opener in a postseason series.
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Michael Cuddyer and Torii Hunter   belted home runs to lead the Minnesota Twins to a 9-4 win over   the Oakland Athletics in Minneapolis on Monday, keeping the   heat on the Detroit Tigers in the American League Central.
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(Sports Network) - The New York Yankees try to move one step closer to their seventh consecutive American League East title when they welcome the Minnesota Twins to Yankee Stadium in a possible playoff preview.
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NEW YORK - Yankees pitcher Kevin Brown broke his non-throwing hand punching a clubhouse wall in frustration during the New York's 3-1 loss to the Baltimore Orioles on Friday night.    The pitching-weak Yankees, whose AL East lead over second-place Boston was cut to 2 1/2 games, did not immediately know how long the right-hander would be sidelined...
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The New York Yankees took a 3-1 lead over the Minnesota Twins in the second inning of Game 3 of their AL division playoff series on Friday.
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In his first start since breaking his non-pitching hand Sept. 3, Brown got just two outs Sunday. He allowed four runs and six hits and put the Yankees in a deep hole in their final regular-season game against Boston.
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MINNEAPOLIS - The New York Yankees are hoping that unpredictable right-hander Kevin Brown can put them in position to win Game 3 of the AL Division Series on Friday night, while the Minnesota Twins will try not to let the best-of-five series slip away after losing a dramatic Game 2 in New York. The series is tied at 1-1 entering Friday's game, which starts at 8:09 p.m...