A's tag Pettitte to beat slumping Yanks
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Jack Cust sat at his locker while most of his teammates chowed down at a table in the visitors locker room at Yankee Stadium. He sheepishly admitted to being tired after a rare full day in the field.
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Johnny Damon hit a tiebreaking homer against his former team and Andy Pettitte won his sixth straight start, halting another Yankees slide in New York's 5-3 victory over the Boston Red Sox on Tuesday night.
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With the New York Yankees' starting rotation struggling, the team's offense matched its biggest performance of the season.
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The New York Yankees took a day off yesterday. At least that's how it looked.
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The New York Yankees are struggling to score and their once-huge lead in the AL East is suddenly shrinking. Manager Joe Torre refuses to panic just yet.
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Mike Mussina pitched into the eighth inning, Alex Rodriguez hit his major league-leading 25th homer and the New York Yankees beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 7-2 Wednesday night to extend their season-high winning streak to eight.
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Alex Rodriguez hits a two-run homer and the New York Yankees get another big hit from Andy Phillips, beating the Toronto Blue Jays, 6-4.
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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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For the second game in a row, Andy Phillips drove in the pivotal run for the Yankees, who survived another shaky start from Kei Igawa for their ninth victory in 12 games.
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Alex Rodriguez had a night befitting legends. The Yankees planned to take him out of the starting lineup because of his sprained right ankle, but A-Rod talked his way in. Then he homered twice in an eight-run seventh inning to lead New York over Seattle 10-2 Wednesday night and help the Yankees open a three-game lead over the Mariners in the AL wild-card race.
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NEW YORK - Gary Sheffield hit an RBI single to give the New York Yankees a 1-0 lead over Boston after one inning of play in Game 2 of the AL championship series on Wednesday.    Pedro Martinez, making his first start in New York since he called the Yankees "my daddy" last month, walked Derek Jeter to start the game and then nicked Alex Rodriguez with a pitch before allowing Sheffield's single...
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ne bad breaking ball did in the Yankees yesterday. Usually, one mistake does not cost them so dearly, but the Yankees are not usually scrounging for hits either.
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Derek Jeter and Hideki Matsui cracked solo homers and Bernie Williams added a two-run shot to earn the New York Yankees an 8-7 win over the Toronto Blue Jays in the American League (AL) Friday.
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NEW YORK -- Andy Pettitte thinks the New York Yankees would do just fine without Johan Santana or Dan Haren.
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The Yankees' drive for a playoff spot pauses, with Andy Pettitte falling behind early and a small crowd watching Toronto rookie Jesse Litsch pitch the Blue Jays to a 4-1 victory.
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The New York Yankees ended their slump despite the ongoing struggles of Alex Rodriguez. Bernie Williams homered, Derek Jeter drove in the go-ahead run with a bases-loaded walk, and the Yankees snapped a three-game losing streak Saturday with a 5-4 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays.
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The Indians hand the Yankees their worst loss in franchise history 22-0. Coupled with Boston's win over Anaheim, New York's AL East lead has shrunk to 3 1/2 games.