Yanks Go Up 2-0; Cardinals Win Opener
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New York Yankees starter Jon Lieber, center, hands off the ball to manager Joe torre, left, as he leaves the game against the Boston Red Sox in the in the 8th inning of the game 2 of the American League championship series at Yankee Stadium in New York
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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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With the New York Yankees' starting rotation struggling, the team's offense matched its biggest performance of the season. Tony Clark homered three times, Ruben Sierra hit his 300th career homer, and Gary Sheffield and Alex Rodriguez also connected to lead the Yankees over the Toronto Blue Jays 18-6 Sunday.
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The Yankees used a new batting order for the second straight game and scored plenty of runs against the Devil Rays, who have lost nine games in a row.
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Mariano Rivera arrives in time to save a 10-7 win for the Yankees in Game 1 of the ALCS. Mike Mussina is perfect through six innings before Boston rallies from eight runs down.
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Roger Clemens was center stage in the Bronx for a New York Yankees team on a nine-game roll. Oliver Perez, pitching for the reeling Mets, stole the show. Perez outpitched Clemens, Jose Reyes was 3-for-3 with three steals, two RBIs and a home run and the Mets won the opener of the season's second Subway Series 2-0 Friday night. The Mets ended their five-game losing streak and their rival's nine-game winning streak.
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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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The score on Saturday night was 6-6 after three innings and headed higher -- much higher. Ten runs had been enough in the opener, so that was the base line for the Yankees. &quot;See how quickly we can get it to 10 and see what happens,&quot; third baseman Alex Rodriguez figured.
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Chien-Ming Wang improved his record to 16-5 in the first game of Wednesday's day-night doubleheader at Yankee Stadium, allowing three hits over seven and two-thirds innings.
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The New York Yankees roared to life with  six runs in the eighth inning for a dramatic 8-7 win over the  Boston Red Sox in the opening game of their American League  East showdown on Friday.
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Joba Chamberlain pitches two scoreless innings during his first game in the majors as his proud father looks on, and the Yankees beat the Royals, 3-2.
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Mike Mussina shuts down Oakland as the Yankees beat the A's, 2-1, on Friday for their first win in a week.
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com. The Yankees overcame a 12th-inning deficit against the Twins on Wednesday, scoring twice in the bottom of the inning to take a dramatic, 7-6 win in Game 2 of the American League Division Series.
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The Boston Red Sox rebounded from a tough loss by hammering their arch-rival New York Yankees 10-1 behind Josh Beckett's Major League-leading 19th win of the season on Saturday.
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In the Major League Baseball playoffs, the New York Yankees overcame a late-game deficit to beat the host Minnesota Twins 6-5 and advance to the American League Championship series.
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Bobby Abreu notches six RBIs in the first inning, finishing with seven and Hideki Matsui goes 4-for-4 in his return to the Yankees' lineup as New York pastes Tampa Bay, 12-4.
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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.