Baseball Roundup: Yanks Take Two Of Three From Red Sox
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After the Boston Red Sox beat New York on Friday night, the Yankee lead over the Sox was cut to just two and a half games. However, New York padded that lead by two more games with a pair of lopsided victories
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With two easy victories, the Yankees did something they had not done in the previous 16 days. They gained ground on the Boston Red Sox.
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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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Gary Sheffield, Derek Jeter and Jorge Posada homered off an ineffective Pedro Martinez, and Mike Mussina gave the Yankees another excellent outing on Sunday.
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The Yankees announced three moves on Friday, bringing back their reserve catcher, John Flaherty, and acquiring two relief pitchers, Mike Stanton and Felix Rodriguez.
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Josh Beckett won his major league-leading 17th game and the rookie Jacoby Ellsbury had three hits, helping the host Boston Red Sox defeat Roy Halladay and the Toronto Blue Jays, 5-3, last night.
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With the AL East race all but over, the Boston Red Sox managed to beat the New York Yankees. David Ortiz responded to booing fans with a pair of doubles, Josh Beckett had just one shaky inning and the Red Sox defeated the Yankees 5-2 Saturday in the opener of a day-night doubleheader.
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David Ortiz and Manny RamÃ­rez roughed up Roy Halladay early, Tim Wakefield won his third straight start and the Boston Red Sox opened the second half with a 7-4 victory against the visiting Toronto Blue Jays last night.
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As much as the Red Sox relished thumping the Yankees, they took special satisfaction from the outings of two key pitchers who recently have struggled, Keith Foulke and Tim Wakefield .
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The struggling New York Yankees beat the Boston Red Sox 8-3 on Wednesday to take their three-game series 2-1 for what they hope is the start of their road to recovery.
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BOSTON - The Boston Red Sox held a 2-1 lead over the New York Yankees after five innings of play Monday in Game 5 of the ALCS.    After singles by Orlando Cabrera and Manny Ramirez in the first off Yankees starter Mike Mussina, David Ortiz added another single to make the score 1-0...
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After coming back against Mariano Rivera for the second time this season, the Boston Red Sox think they'll overtake the New York Yankees in the AL East. Orlando Cabrera and Johnny Damon hit RBI singles in the ninth inning Friday night in Boston's 3-2 victory that cut the Yankees' lead to 2 1/2 games.
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The New York Yankees, having won the taut pitchers&#39; duel in Game 2, took Game 3 of the American League Championship Series to the other end of the spectrum.
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MINNEAPOLIS - It&#39;s Yankees-Red Sox in the American League Championship Series for the second year. Alex Rodriguez had a double, stole third and scored on a wild pitch, while Mariano Rivera closed out the 6
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Two little, too late for the Boston Red Sox. Boston beat the New York Yankees twice in one day for the first time in 30 years, rallying for a 5-4 victory Sunday night on Mark Loretta's ninth-inning sacrifice fly. In the opener of the team's second straight day-night doubleheader, David Ortiz's league-leading 49th homer and Kevin Youkilis' three-run double in the seventh boosted Boston to a 6-3 win.
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Alex Rodriguez homered with two out in  the ninth inning to lift the New York Yankees to a 6-5  come-from-behind victory over the Boston Red Sox on Sunday and  a 2-1 edge in the weekend series between the old rivals.
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NEW YORK - Orlando Cabrera and Johnny Damon hit RBI singles in the ninth inning off Mariano Rivera, and the Boston Red Sox stormed past New York 3-2 Friday night to cut the Yankees&#39; AL East lead to 2 1/2 games.