MLB: Yankees Clinch Playoff Berth
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In major league baseball, the New York Yankees captured their 10th consecutive playoff berth Thursday by beating the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, 7-3.
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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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With a doubleheader sweep of the Minnesota Twins, the New York Yankees moved to the verge of clinching their seventh straight AL East title.
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NEW YORK - Hideki Matsui singled in the eighth inning for his only hit on Thursday as the Yankees beat the Tampa Bay Devil Rays 7-3 to clinch a playoff spot for the 10th season in a row.
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Jason Giambi hits a grand slam, Jorge Posada adds a solo homer and New York beats the Toronto Blue Jays, 9-2, for their sixth straight victory, which puts the Yankees are four games in front of Detroit in the AL wild-card standings.
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The Boston Red Sox became the first team in the majors to clinch a playoff spot this season, rallying on ninth-inning home runs by Jason Varitek and Julio Lugo to beat the Tampa Bay Devil Rays 8-6 Saturday.
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The St. Louis Cardinals became the first major league team to clinch a playoff spot this season, assuring themselves no worse than the NL wild-card berth.
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Bronx, NY -- Jon Lieber continued his September hot streak by pitching into the eighth inning and Derek Jeter hit a solo homer, helping New York clinch a playoff berth for the 10th straight season with a 7-3 win over Tampa Bay in a much-awaited makeup
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By Jack Encarnacao, Globe Correspondent | September 24, 2004. Over the course of the three-game series with the Yankees, which starts tonight, the Red Sox could clinch a wild-card playoff berth and climb closer
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The New York Yankees, led by the  one-two punch of Derek Jeter and Bobby Abreu, beat the Detroit  Tigers 8-4 on Tuesday to take the opening game of their  best-of-five American League divisional playoff series.
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NEW YORK Sept. 30, 2004 - Bernie Williams hit a two-run homer in the ninth inning and the New York Yankees clinched their seventh straight AL East title, beating the Minnesota Twins 6-4 Thursday night for their 100th victory of the season.
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MINNEAPOLIS (Minnesota) - Alex Rodriguez scored from third base on a wild pitch by Kyle Lohse in the top of the 11th inning to give the New York Yankees a 6-5 win over the Minnesota Twins in their American League divisional series on Saturday.
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The Detroit Tigers shock the New York Yankees 8-3 to clinch the American League play-offs.
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Gary Sheffield hits a tiebreaking, three-runÃÂ homer that leads New York to a 7-2 win over Toronto and gives the Yankees home-field advantage throughout the playoffs.
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ST. PETERSBURG, Florida  - The New York Yankees clinched a spot in the American League playoffs with a 12-4 win over the Tampa Bay Devil Rays on Wednesday.
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MINNEAPOLIS - Alex Rodriguez scored the game winner on a Kyle Lohse wild pitch in the top of the 11th inning, sending the New York Yankees to their second consecutive American League Championship Series after edging out the Minnesota Twins 6-5 Saturday.
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The Houston Astros capped a remarkable late-season turnaround by capturing the National League wild card playoff berth on Sunday with a 5-3 win over the Colorado Rockies.