AL Wrap: Indians Send Yankees to Record Loss, Red Sox Closing In
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Travis Hafner's first-inning,  bases-clearing triple started the Cleveland Indians on their  way to a record 22-0 thrashing of the New York Yankees in  American League action Tuesday.
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New York was in shock today after their beloved baseball team the Yankees suffered a surprise defeat to arch rivals, the Boston Red Sox.
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A night after he was hit on the left elbow by a pitch, Derek Jeter stole two bases in the ninth inning and scored on Hideki Matsui's two-out single to lead the visiting New York Yankees past Cleveland 5-4 Tuesday night, handing the Indians their ninth straight loss.
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Mark Loretta doubled with two outs and the bases loaded in the bottom of the ninth and the Boston Red Sox took advantage of a meltdown by reliever Fausto Carmona to beat the Cleveland Indians 6-5 on Wednesday night.
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The New York Yankees had a record-breaking night on offense and forced the Boston Red Sox to focus on trying to pull off a history-making comeback in the AL championship series.
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The slumping New York Yankees scored a key victory over the Boston Red Sox on Tuesday, as Johnny Damon's two-run homer earned them a 5-3 win over the American League East leaders.
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Coco Crisp caused more commotion than a runaway squirrel, diving headfirst for a go-ahead bunt single in the eighth inning that sent Cleveland over the New York Yankees 4-3 Wednesday night, ending the Indians' nine-game losing streak.
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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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The New York Yankees failed to get a win from their starting pitcher -- again -- and lost another game to the Red Sox.
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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's eighth-inning clutch home run.
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In just 19 days, the Boston Red Sox have cut the New York Yankees' 10 1/2-game AL East lead to 2 1/2 games. "We're just going to take care of what we can take care of," Boston reliever Mike Timlin said after the Red Sox beat Texas 2-0 on Friday night for their 10th straight victory. "We won today. We're going to win tomorrow."
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Justin Verlander shut down the New York Yankees while the Detroit Tigers roughed up Mike Mussina and a couple of relievers in their highest-scoring game this the season.
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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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Jon Lieber stopped the charging Boston Red Sox in what could turn out to be a key game in the AL East race. Lieber no-hit the Red Sox until David Ortiz's two-out home run in the seventh inning, and the New York Yankees beat up on Derek Lowe in a 14-4 win Saturday that restored their division lead to 3 1/2 games.
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NEW YORK - Mike Mussina took a perfect game into the seventh inning before the Boston Red Sox rallied for five runs and cut New York's lead to 8-5 in Game 1 of the AL championship series Tuesday night.    Hideki Matsui hit a three-run double off Curt Schilling and had five RBIs for the Yankees, tying an ALCS record...
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These are the facts: The Yankees blew a three-games-to-none lead in the American League Championship Series to the Boston Red Sox last month.
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Coco Crisp's hustling RBI bunt single in the eighth inning pushed the Indians past the Yankees, 4-3, on Wednesday night, ending Cleveland's nine-game losing streak.