Yanks clinch 9th straight AL East title
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The New York Yankees were still spraying champagne all over the clubhouse and dousing each other with beer when Derek Jeter, wiping the sting from his eyes, made sure to mention the big picture.
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Bronx, NY (Sports Network) - Bernie Williams hit a game-winning two-run homer in the bottom of the ninth inning as the New York Yankees clinched their seventh consecutive American League East title with a 6-4 victory over Minnesota at Yankee Stadium.
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Joe Torre found his new lucky spot in the dugout, then watched Alex Rodriguez, Andy Pettitte and the rest of the team go to work. Yep, things are falling into place nicely for the New York Yankees. Rodriguez drove in two more runs, Pettitte breezed for eight innings and the Yankees won their ninth straight game, beating the Arizona Diamondbacks 7-1 Thursday.
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Johnny Damon drove in the winning run with a bloop single in the top of the ninth inning as the Boston Red Sox rallied to edge the New York Yankees 3-2 in an American League East showdown at Yankee Stadium on Friday.
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Derek Jeter hit a leadoff home run, Jon Lieber pitched into the eighth inning and the Yankees clinched a postseason spot with a victory over the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.
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Mike Lowell drove in five runs to lead Boston's revived hitting attack and the Red Sox cut their magic number to clinch the AL East title to two with an 11-6 win over the Oakland Athletics on Wednesday.
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The New York Yankees wrapped up their  eventful three-game series against the Cleveland Indians with  an easy 9-1 win in American League action Thursday.
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Frank Thomas drives in the winning run with a ninth-inning single as the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Yankees, 2-1, on Thursday night.
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Alex Rodriguez hit his major league-leading 27th homer, Chien-Ming Wang came within one out of a complete game and the New York Yankees won the second Subway Series of the season Sunday night with an 8-2 victory over the stumbling Mets.
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The New York Yankees beat the Twins 6-to-5 Saturday to advance to the AL Championship. They will play the Boston Red Sox. Ruben Sierra hit a three-run homer in the eighth inning.
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Alex Rodriguez scores on a wild pitch in the 11th innning to lead the New York Yankees into the AL Championship Series by defeating the Minnesota Twins, 6-5, on Saturday.
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com. Those numbers each represent something important for the Yankees, who wrapped up the American League East title on Thursday night with a 6-4 win over the Minnesota Twins.
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Orlando Hernandez wasn&#39;t even aware the New York Yankees would have clinched their 10th consecutive playoff berth with a win Wednesday night.
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The New York Yankees are trying to break another one of baseball's unwritten rules, the one that says a double-digit deficit on Memorial Day is insurmountable. One game after Alex Rodriguez offended some baseball purists by distracting a fielder during a popup, the Yankees built on that victory by beating the Red Sox 9-5 on Friday and climbing out of the AL East cellar.
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After Bernie Williams hit the home run that gave the Yankees the American League East title last night, his teammates and manager lined up to slap his helmet and high-five him and hug him around home plate at a delirious Yankee Stadium.
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The Yankees clinched their 10th consecutive post-season trip with a 7-3 victory over the Tampa Bay Devil Rays on Thursday. But there were no high-fives or celebratory hugs in the Yankees clubhouse, because they believe the best is yet to come.
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BOSTON -- David Ortiz hit his 50th homer Wednesday night to match a Red Sox record, but Torii Hunter's three-run shot in the eighth inning sent the Minnesota Twins to an 8-2 victory over Boston that allowed the New York Yankees to clinch their ninth consecutive AL East title.