Yankees Clinch 7th Straight AL East Title
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NEW YORK - 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.    With the crowd standing and hollering, Williams connected with one out to set off an enthusiastic celebration...
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The New York Yankees won their seventh straight game with a 4-1 road victory over the Toronto Blue Jays on Wednesday, pitcher Mike Mussina leading the way with five shutout innings.
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com. The Yankees finished off the Twins on Saturday with yet another dramatic comeback, taking a 6-5 decision in 11 innings at the Metrodome to win the American League Division Series, three games to one.
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Derek Jeter poured champagne over Joe Torre's head. Almost half the team doused Mariano Rivera with beer. Bernie Williams flashed a grateful smile. It didn't matter that the New York Yankees lost Wednesday night. They still clinched their ninth consecutive AL East title &#151; and celebrated like first-timers.
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Derek Jeter hit a leadoff home run, Jon Lieber pitched into the eighth inning, and the New York Yankees clinched their 10th consecutive trip to the postseason
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The New York Yankees swept a  doubleheader from the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, winning the opener  7-3 and then roaring to a 17-5 triumph in the nightcap at  Yankee Stadium on Saturday.
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Boston beat the Yankees 4-2 as the AL play-off goes all the way to game seven.
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Javier Vazquez won for the first time in more than a month Wednesday, throwing seven shutout innings as the New York Yankees downed Kansas City, 3-0.
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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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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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Champagne flowed. Joe Torre cried. The New York Yankees whooped it up. Celebrating clinching wins never gets old, even when you've made the postseason for 13 seasons in a row.
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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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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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Derek Jeter hit a leadoff home run, Jon Lieber pitched into the eighth inning and the New York Yankees clinched their 10th consecutive trip to the postseason with a 7-3 victory over the Tampa Bay Devil Rays on Thursday.
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The New York Yankees missed a chance to clinch their ninth consecutive AL East title on their own Wednesday night, losing 3-2 to the Toronto Blue Jays.
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NEW YORK - Mike Mussina took a perfect game into the seventh inning before the Boston Red Sox rallied for five runs and cut New York's lead to 8-5 in Game 1 of the AL championship series Tuesday night.    Hideki Matsui hit a three-run double off Curt Schilling and had five RBIs for the Yankees, tying an ALCS record...
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Despite fallingÃÂ to Toronto, the Yankees clinch their ninth consecutive AL East title on WednesdayÃÂ as second-place Boston falls to Minnesota.