BoSox Beat Tigers, Keep Pace With Yankees
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The most satisfying images from the Boston Red Sox's latest win are the X-rays of Manny Ramirez's knee. The Boston slugger fouled a ball off his knee in the fourth inning of the Red Sox's 5-3 home victory over the Detroit Tigers on Friday night...
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NEW YORK - Jon Lieber allowed only one hit, and John Olerud's two-run homer helped the New York Yankees build a 3-0 lead over Pedro Martinez and the Boston Red Sox after seven innings in Game 2 of the AL championship series Wednesday night.    Gary Sheffield's RBI single in the first put New York ahead, and Olerud connected in the sixth on Martinez's 106th pitch...
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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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With their win over Baltimore, the Yankees passed Detroit for the best record in the American League.
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The New York Yankees scored the most runs in an American League Championship Series game as they pounded the Boston Red Sox 19-8 on Saturday to move within one victory of a return trip to the World Series.
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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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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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Mike Mussina won his first game in more than a month, Alex Rodriguez hit his major league-leading 25th homer, and the New York Yankees beat the Arizona Diamondbacks, 7-2, last night to extend their season-high winning streak to eight.
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Even after two draining nights of disappointment, the New York Yankees are still in good shape. Sure, they squandered a pair of chances to close out Boston.
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Randy Johnson didn&#039;t give up a hit for 5 2/3 innings and combined with two relievers for a two-hitter, leading the New York Yankees over the Detroit Tigers 4-0 Monday.
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Melky Cabrera&#039;s RBI single put the Yankees in front during a three-run eighth inning and New York hung on to beat the Chicago White Sox 6-5 Friday, snapping Jose Contreras&#039; 17-game unbeaten streak.
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David Ortiz's two-run double launched a four-run first inning and Curt Schilling allowed one hit over seven frames to power the Boston Red Sox to an 11-4 win over the New York Yankees in the American League Sunday.
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The closest race in the American League is for the wild card. Alex Rodriguez pushed the Yankees further ahead in those standings by talking his way into the lineup and homering twice to help New York open a three-game lead on Seattle. Meanwhile, Detroit moved just a half-game further back with a big win over Chicago when Timo Perez singled off the right-center field wall with two outs in the 11th inning for a 2-1 Tigers win Wednesday night.
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Jason Giambi made his first start since July 23, Mike Mussina pitched three-hit ball for eight innings, and the New York Yankees beat the host Kansas City Royals, 4-0, to increase their AL East lead to four games over the Boston Red Sox.
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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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Carlos Guillen's three-run homer lifted the Detroit Tigers to a 9-6 win over the New York Yankees on Saturday morning in a game that lasted even longer than the 4-hour and 1-minute rain delay that preceded it.
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(CP) - The red hot Red Sox may have had their winning streak ended, but the New York Yankees&#39; cold bats made sure Boston stayed in striking distance of the American League East lead.