Inspired Wang edges Yankees closer to AL East title
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Chien-Ming Wang pitched 7-1/3 solid   innings for his 17th win of the season to lead the New York   Yankees to a 3-2 win over the Orioles in Baltimore on Saturday.
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An aggressive Wang Chien-ming spurred the tired New York Yankees to a 7-2 road win over the Detroit Tigers on Saturday.
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Derek Jeter is still recovering from the Bombers&#39; unprecedented collapse in the ALCS, but the Yankee captain made some history of his own yesterday when he became the first Yank shortstop to win a Gold Glove.
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New York Yankees pitcher Wang Chien-Ming will make a 2008 salary of $4 million instead of his request for $4.6 million in an arbitration decision announced on Friday in favor of the American League club.
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Jorge Posada drove in three runs to back Chien-Ming Wang, and the New York Yankees cooled off the surprising Florida Marlins with a 6-5 victory Friday night.
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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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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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Yankees starter Chien-Ming Wang, who received just one run from his offense, was out of character just long enough early to allow the Los Angeles Angels to win on Saturday.
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The New York Yankees moved up a notch in the American League East, fending off a late-inning comeback by the Boston Red Sox to win 4-3 on Wednesday.
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Yankees starter Chien-Ming Wang shuts down the OriolesÃÂ to getÃÂ his 17th win of the seasonÃÂ in a 3-2 victory on Saturday.
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Mike Mussina was almost perfect &#151; and it almost wasn't enough for the New York Yankees.
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NEW YORK - The New York Yankees took a 2-0 lead over the Boston Red Sox after two innings in the American League Championship Series Tuesday night, a rematch of New York's seven-game victory last year.    With two outs against Boston starter Curt Schilling (21-6), Gary Sheffield doubled to left...
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The Yankees made the most of their eight hits without three top sluggers while Chien-Ming Wang improved to 17-5, allowing eight hits and a run in seven and a third innings.
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Hideki Matsui broke out of a long slump with a go-ahead homer, and the New York Yankees trimmed their deficit in the AL East by beating the Baltimore Orioles 8-5 on Monday night.
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NEW YORK - Alex Rodriguez hit a tying double in the 12th inning, then Derek Jeter dashed home on Hideki Matsui's sacrifice fly and the Yankees bailed out Mariano Rivera with another improbable postseason comeback, beating Minnesota 7-6 Wednesday night to even their series at a game apiece.   "Alex had a little trouble settling in here, but when you do this at Yankee Stadium in a postseason game, especially coming from behind, God only knows what it's going to do for him," New York manager Joe Torre said...
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An aggressive Wang Chien-ming spurred  the tired New York Yankees to a 7-2 road win over the Detroit  Tigers on Saturday.
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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.