Yankees Stun BoSox 19-8 for 3-0 ALCS Lead
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BOSTON - The Yankees kept circling the bases, battering Boston's beleaguered pitching staff. By the time the long, long night ended with a devastating 19-8 rout over the Red Sox, the dreaded New Yorkers were just one game away from a shocking sweep...
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Those Red Sox managers just never learn. With an eerie similarity to last year's postseason debacle, Pedro Martinez took a lead into the eighth inning before tiring and the New York Yankees rallied past Boston 6-4 Friday night to open a 5 1/2-game advantage in the AL East.
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With the victory, the Yankees gained ground on the Boston Red Sox in the A.L. East and extended their lead in the wild-card race to three and a half games over the Tigers.
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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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The slumping New York Yankees scored a  key victory over the Boston Red Sox on Tuesday, as Johnny  Damon&#39;s two-run homer earned them a 5-3 win over the American  League East leaders.
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Alex Rodriguez homered twice in an eight-run seventh inning to lead the Yankees over Seattle and help them open a three-game lead over the Mariners in the A.L. wild-card race.
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Randy Johnson took a no-hitter into  the seventh inning and Melky Cabrera, Bobby Abreu and Robinson  Cano homered as the New York Yankees stormed to a big lead then  held on to edge the Chicago White Sox 7-6 on Wednesday.
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BOSTON - The Boston Red Sox held a 2-1 lead over the New York Yankees after two innings of play Monday in Game 5 of the ALCS. After singles by Orlando Cabrera and Manny Ramirez in the first off Yankees starter
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The way the Boston Red Sox are playing these days, nothing seems to be able to stop them. Not even Mariano Rivera. Orlando Cabrera and Johnny Damon hit RBI singles in the ninth inning off the majors' top reliever, and the Red Sox stormed past New York 3-2 Friday night to cut the Yankees' AL East lead to 2 1/2 games.
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The Boston Red Sox&#39;s history-making comeback to win the American League championship at least temporarily turned New York Yankee dominance on its head.
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BOSTON A two-run home run by Alex Rodriguez has given the New York Yankees a 2-to-0 lead in the third inning of Game Four of their American League Championship Series.
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The Yankees came into the series needing three victories to eliminate Boston from the A.L. East race. Losing the opener cut their lead to 10Â½ games.
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The New York Yankees edged arch rivals  the Boston Red Sox 4-3 on Sunday, ace reliever Mariano Rivera  pitching out of a bases-loaded jam to secure a win set up by  Derek Jeter&#39;s eighth-inning clutch home run.
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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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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 New York Yankees roared to life with six runs in the eighth inning for a dramatic 8-7 win over the Boston Red Sox in the opening game of their American League East showdown on Friday.
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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.