Red Sox let Yankees slip closer in East
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At this rate, the Boston Red Sox will gladly take a day off. That's about the only way they can prevent the New York Yankees from creeping any closer.
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When it began, the Red Sox were 5 1/2 games behind the Yankees in the American League East and tied with Anaheim for the wild-card lead.
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at Yankee Stadium, New York Records: Boston is 80-51 (first in the American League East); New York is 72-59 (second in AL East, 8 games behind).
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After coming back against Mariano Rivera for the second time this season, the Boston Red Sox think they&#39;ll overtake the New York Yankees in the AL East.
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The Red Sox waited at home plate for David Ortiz to circle the bases. It's becoming a familiar scene in Boston. Ortiz hit a two-run homer in the 12th inning Sunday night to give the Red Sox a 6-4 victory over the New York Yankees and send the AL championship series to a fifth game.
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BOSTON (Ticker) -- The New York Yankees look to put a stranglehold on the Boston Red Sox as the American League Championship Series shifts to Fenway Park on Friday for Game Three.
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Mariano Rivera had it all in his hands: the save, the sweep, the pennant. He just let it slip away. Baseball's most reliable closer blew his second lead of the postseason Sunday night, and the Boston Red Sox staved off elimination by rallying for an improbable 6-4, 12-inning victory over the New York Yankees in Game 4 of the AL championship series.
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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - The Red Sox crept closer to the Yankees in the AL East last night, beating the Devil Rays, 10-8, on Kevin Millar&#39;s two-out, two-run homer in the 11th inning.
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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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The last time the Boston Red Sox visited Yankee Stadium, Derek Jeter was hurtling headfirst into the stands, Nomar Garciaparra was sulking in the dugout and New York was pulling away in the AL East. A lot has changed since then.
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The Boston Red Sox now know what it feels to be the New York Yankees. The New York Yankees don&#39;t know what it feels like to be the Red Sox.
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The New York Yankees took a 2-0 lead over Boston after three innings of play as they looked to complete a shocking sweep of the Red Sox in Game 4 of the AL championship series Sunday.
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The New York Yankees battled to a 9-5 victory over the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park on Friday, the win lifting the struggling Bronx Bombers out of last place in the American League East division.
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at Yankee Stadium Records: Boston is 78-68 (second in the American League East, 11 1/2 games behind); New York is 89-56 (first in the AL East).
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What had been a tough, grinding game for seven innings suddenly turned into an easy one for the Boston Red Sox last night. Locked in a 5-5 tie with their arch-rival New York Yankees
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For 25 days, the Red Sox [stats, schedule] made up so much ground on the New York Yankees [stats, schedule] in the American League East race at such a rapid pace that it almost appeared
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Manny Ramirez doubled in the tiebreaking run during a seven-run eighth inning, and the Boston Red Sox beat the New York Yankees 12-5 Saturday to preserve their chances of an American League East title.