Yankees' pitching for birds
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Brian Roberts and Larry Bigbie had two hits apiece in an eight-run third inning, and the host Baltimore Orioles ended the New York Yankees' five-game winning streak with a 14-8 victory last night.
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CHICAGO -- Barring any rainouts here or in Detroit over the next couple of days, the pitching matchups have been set for the Red Sox-Yankees series that opens Tuesday night in the Bronx.
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The champagne remained stashed out of sight for a second straight night. The Yankees sat quietly at the dining table in the middle of their clubhouse last night, eating their chicken and beef and pasta and talking about going home for some Bronx-style home cooking. &quot;We're still in good shape, up three games to two,&quot; said captain Derek Jeter, after ...
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Letâs face it, if it were as easy as calling a meeting, Yankees manager Joe Torre would do it all the time. Torre, his team losing five of its previous
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Gary Sheffield and Hideki Matsui hit  back-to-back homers in the ninth inning to rally the New York  Yankees to a 9-7 win over the Baltimore Orioles in American  League play Sunday.
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Sidney Ponson is about to get another chance, this time with the New York Yankees.
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The New York Yankees haven&#39;t given up improving their pitching rotation yet, and they appear to be making moves with a certain tall left-hander in Arizona in mind.
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With the New York Yankees' starting rotation struggling, the team's offense matched its biggest performance of the season. Tony Clark homered three times, Ruben Sierra hit his 300th career homer, and Gary Sheffield and Alex Rodriguez also connected to lead the Yankees over the Toronto Blue Jays 18-6 Sunday.
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Joe Torre sat behind the manager's desk, and George Steinbrenner was surrounded by cameras as he limped down the tunnel outside the clubhouse at Legends Field. The Yankees were back in business Tuesday, opening spring training after another of their typically tumultuous offseasons.
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DETROIT -- On a chilly October night, under a luminescent full moon, a soft-tossing 41-year-old with a horrid October record stifled the most expensive lineup in baseball and turned in the most improbable pitching performance of the year. In his virtuoso outing, Kenny Rogers struck out eight Yankees: four on dawdling changeups, one on a 94 mph -- 94! -- heater, another on a 91 mph fastball, and two on a pair of hellacious 74 mph curves.
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With the New York Yankees' starting rotation struggling, the team's offense matched its high-scoring game of the season. 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 Yankees over the Toronto Blue Jays 18-6 Sunday.
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Gary Sheffield and Hideki Matsui hit consecutive homers in the ninth inning, and the New York Yankees took advantage of 14 walks in a 9-7 comeback victory over the Orioles yesterday in Baltimore.
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The New York Yankees took a day off Monday. At least, that's how it looked. The Yankees' drive for a playoff spot paused, with Andy Pettitte falling behind early and a smallish crowd watching Toronto rookie Jesse Litsch pitch the Blue Jays to a 4-1 victory.
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Gary Sheffield and Hideki Matsui hit consecutive homers in the ninth inning, and the New York Yankees took advantage of 14 walks in a 9-7 comeback victory over the Baltimore Orioles on Sunday.
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The game will be made up Thursday at Yankee Stadium at 1 p.m., with the same starters, the YankeesÂ Mike Mussina and the TigersÂ Justin Verlander, scheduled to pitch.
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Mike Mussina pitched seven sharp innings and the New York Yankees beat the Oakland Athletics 2-1 on Friday night for their first win in a week. Alex Rodriguez had three hits as the Yankees opened a big 10-game homestand after a disastrous 1-7 road trip. New York has won nine of its last 10 games at Yankee Stadium.
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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.