Red Sox Cut AL East Deficit to 4 1/2 Games
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The Boston Red Sox are gaining ground on the New York Yankees in the AL East, and they're brimming with confidence.   "I think we can beat any team right now," outfielder Johnny Damon said after the Red Sox beat Detroit 6-1 on Sunday for their sixth straight victory...
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What had been a tough, grinding game for seven innings suddenly turned into an easy one for the Boston Red Sox last night. Locked in a 5-5 tie with their arch-rival New York Yankees
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David Wells will try to prevent the Boston Red Sox from getting swept at home by the New York Yankees this afternoon. The Yankees, who have won the first four games of the series and now hold a 5 1/2 game lead in the AL East.
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The New York Yankees took a 2-0 lead over Boston after three innings of play as they looked to complete a shocking sweep of the Red Sox in Game 4 of the AL championship series Sunday.
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Mike Lowell drives in five runs to lead Boston's revived hitting and the Red Sox cut their magic number to clinch the AL East title to two by beating the A's.
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Johnny Damon had two home runs including a grand slam to lead the Boston Red Sox to a 10-3 win over the New York Yankees Wednesday night in the deciding game for the American League pennant. The Red Sox became the first team to lose the first three games of a seven game series and then win the next four.
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By Amy Sancetta, AP. Ortiz dropped a single into center field with two outs in the 14th inning to score Johnny Damon and give the Red Sox a 5-4 victory against the New York Yankees
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By winning a 4-hour, 43-minute marathon the Yankees closed within 4.5 games of A.L. East-leading Boston.
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The Boston Red Sox have evened the American League Championship Series at three games apiece by beating the New York Yankees 4-to-2 in game six.
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After cutting their division deficit to seven and a half games a week ago, with the loss, the Yankees have fallen 10 Â½ games behind the Boston Red Sox.
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Hideki Matsui breaks out of a long slump with a go-ahead home run, and the New York trims its deficit in the AL East at the Orioles' expense.
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at Fenway Park Records: San Francisco is 30-35 (fifth in the National League West, 7 1/2 games behind); Boston is 41- 24 (first in the American League East).
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The Red Sox, losing to the Devil Rays yesterday, had their division lead sliced to 1&#189; games by the Yankees. With a week left in the regular season, the AL East race is far from over.
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BOSTON - Jason Varitek hit a sacrice fly and David Ortiz launched a massive solo homer in the eighth as Boston rallied to tie New York 4-4 after 11 innings of play in Game 5 of the AL championship series Monday.    Derek Jeter hit a bases-loaded double in the sixth inning off Boston starter Pedro Martinez with two outs to give New York a 4-2 lead...
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at Yankee Stadium Records: Boston is 78-68 (second in the American League East, 11 1/2 games behind); New York is 89-56 (first in the AL East).
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That&#39;s good news for the Boston Red Sox and bad news for the Cleveland Indians. A week ago, the Red Sox were 10 games behind the New York Yankees in the American League East.
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at Tropicana Field Records: Boston is 90-63 (first in the American League East); Tampa Bay is 63-90 (last in the AL East, 27 games behind).