Orioles Stifle Yankes; A.L. East Lead Is 2 1/2 Games
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Rodrigo Lopez shut down the Yankees into the eighth inning, outpitching Kevin Brown and leading the Baltimore Orioles to a victory.
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The lineup the New York Yankees put out against the Baltimore Orioles was so good that the player with the second-best average in the AL was batting ninth. Was it any wonder they scored 16 runs?
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Miguel Tejada homers twice and drives in five runs, rookie Daniel Cabrera throws six strong innings and the Orioles beat up on the Twins, 12-3, Saturday.
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After a daylong wait for an afternoon doubleheader that got turned into a single night game, the New York Yankees found their 1-2 punch.
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The Yankees, desperate for a victory against Minnesota in Game 2 of their American League Division Series, came across the ideal strategy in the early going: Swing very hard against
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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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Gary Sheffield and Hideki Matsui  thumped back-to-back homers in the ninth inning to rally the  New York Yankees to a 9-7 victory over the Baltimore Orioles in  the American League Sunday.
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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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at Yankee Stadium, New York Records: Boston is 80-51 (first in the American League East); New York is 72-59 (second in AL East, 8 games behind).
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The New York Yankees finished off their domination of the Boston Red Sox and took their biggest lead in the AL East this season.
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Sidney Ponson pitched a two-hitter for his fourth career shutout, and Rafael Palmeiro hit one of the Baltimore Orioles' three homers yesterday in a 7-0 victory in New York over the suddenly punchless Yankees.
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Javier Vazquez and Esteban Loaiza have been among the worst pitchers in baseball in the second half of the season, and the Baltimore Orioles battered them on Friday.
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Sidney Ponson pitched a complete-game  two-hitter as the Baltimore Orioles stunned the New York  Yankees 7-0 in American League play at Yankee Stadium on  Saturday.
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The surging New York Yankees thrashed  the Baltimore Orioles 12-0 on Tuesday to move within 2 1/2  games of the Boston Red Sox in the American League East.
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Mark Kotsay drove in the go-ahead run with an eighth-inning single, and the Oakland Athletics increased their lead over the Los Angeles Angels to 1 1/2 games in the AL West with a 3-2 victory Wednesday.
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The Angels weren&#39;t playing the same game as the Yankees this weekend. Not in the wide-angle sense of being a first-place team with the luxury of a comfortable lead.
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Adam Loewen is dominant early and Baltimore's offense does enough for the OriolesÃÂ toÃÂ end Oakland's 10-gameÃÂ home winning streak with aÃÂ 6-5 victory on Saturday.