Game 1 of ALCS turns in a prime number
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Tuesday night's Game 1 of the American League Championship Series did a 37.0 rating and 54 share in Boston, a 45 percent increase from the average 25.5 rating for the three-game American League Division Series between the Red Sox and Angels. That series, however, wasn't in prime time, with two 4 p.m. starting times and one at 10 p.m. The ...
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The Yankees won Game 1 on Tuesday night, and that was their mistake. Historically, they have done better in the division series when they have lost the first game.
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Oakland Athletics reach the American League Championship Series with a 3-0 play-off win over the Minnesota Twins.
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Errors and walks make for a frustrating opener for the Red Sox, who were fortunate to escape with a victory. By Steve Wilstein. BOSTON -- Game 1 of the 100th World Series should have been rated &quot;R&quot; for Little Leaguers.
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It seems the Yankees have the Mets to thank for the big, overhand left thatâs coming head-on at them tonight in Game 1 of the ALDS at Yankee Stadium.
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The argument could be made that Johnny Damon was the most productive leadoff man in the majors this season. At least among men not named Ichiro Suzuki. It was trend that continued in the American League Division Series against Anaheim.
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The plot: The Yankees will have home-field advantage throughout the playoffs, thanks to their 101-win season and the AL&#39;s victory in the July All-Star Game.
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NEW YORK - Hideki Matsui hit a three-run double off Curt Schilling and had four RBIs, helping the New York Yankees build a 6-0 lead over the Boston Red Sox after four innings in Game 1 of the AL championship series Tuesday night.    Mike Mussina shut down Boston's powerful lineup, retiring all nine batters as the teams resumed their storied rivalry with a rematch of last year's thrilling ALCS...
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For the Angels, the complex math needed to break down the American League West is all of a sudden quite simple: One big one down, one huge one to go.
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Here it comes. You can feel the rumbling of anticipation now. Just two games into the American League playoffs, we already have a colossal collision coming into focus.
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Derek Jeter and Alex Rodriguez may be the glamour boys at the top of the Yankees' batting order, but it was the engine room in the 3-4-5 spots that croaked the Red Sox last night in New York's 10-7 win in Game 1 of the ALCS.
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The Boston Red Sox used a seven-run inning to win at Anaheim 9-3 in their American League Division Series opener. David Ortiz put the Sox ahead with an infield RBI single in the first.
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Pujols hit his sixth homer of the playoffs, while Edmonds hit his third and second of the LCS...Sanders also had three hits...St. Louis&#39; two runs in the first inning snapped a scoreless streak of 14 frames
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In Major League Baseball playoff action, the New York Yankees beat the Boston Red Sox 3-1 Wednesday night to take a two games to none lead in the best of seven American League Championship series.
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Kind of makes you wonder why they had to play those first 166 games, doesn&#39;t it? It was always going to be Yankees-Red Sox. The entire season built to this, the same way last season did.
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at Fenway Park Records: Boston is 92-64 (first in AL East); Oakland is 75-82 (third in AL West, 17 games behind).
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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.