Red Sox Narrow the Gap to 2Â½ as Rivera Cannot Close the Door
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Mariano Rivera had not blown a save since July 26, two days after Bill Mueller beat him with a game-ending homer at Fenway.
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Pedro Martinez on the mound. A confident, yappy bunch. A 2-0 lead, halfway to the World Series championship. Could it really be this easy for the Boston Red Sox?
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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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Mariano Rivera&#39;s celebration of the Yankees&#39; Division Series win was muted on Saturday night, as the closer learned after the game of an accident at his home in Panama.
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Of course he would be here. Yankees closer Mariano Rivera understands duty and obligation. He has been the most dominant closer in baseball for the past decade, a lofty title that is impossible to achieve unless you are a person who is rich in confidence, poise, and responsibility.
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Two days before his team&#39;s highly anticipated rematch with the Boston Red Sox for the American League pennant, Yankees pitcher Mariano Rivera traveled yesterday from New York to his home in Puerto
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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&#39;s eighth-inning clutch home run.
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A lackadaisical Ramirez error followed by a Keystone Cops Ramirez error costs the Boston Red Sox two runs in the top of eighth inning, allowing the St.
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It wasn't the eighth inning of a Game 7 in Yankee Stadium with the Sox clinging to a lead, but it was close.
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Jon Lieber stopped the hard-charging Boston Red Sox in what might turn out to be a key game in the American League East race. Lieber no-hit the Red Sox until David Ortiz&#39;s two-out
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We&#39;ve marveled at his ability to be automatic, been blinded by his bread-and-cutter fastball, and appreciated how pitcher Mariano Rivera can close up shop better than any night watchman.
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Almost two months after defying the Curse of the Bambino and only one day after saying goodbye to Pedro MartÃ­nez, the Boston Red Sox kept moving on yesterday by welcoming the living embodiment
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NEW YORK - Mariano Rivera showed up just in time to save the New York Yankees. Rivera got Boston's Kevin Millar to pop out to strand the tying run at third base in the eighth inning, then finished out a thrilling 10-7 win for the Yankees in Tuesday night's opener of the AL championship series...
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Johnny Damon drove in the winning run as the Boston Red Sox staged a comeback to beat the New York Yankees 3-2. Trailing 2-1 to their AL East rivals, the Red Sox hit two runs off Mariano Rivera in the ninth inning to snatch victory.
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It shouldn&#39;t be too hard for the Boston Red Sox to get back on the winning track with Curt Schilling on the mound. Schilling will try to become the majors&#39; first 18-game winner when Boston closes out a three
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Thanks to David Ortiz&#39;s two-run walkoff homer in the bottom of the 12th at 1:22 this morning, this baseball season isn&#39;t over just yet at Fenway Park.
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To paraphrase an old saying, when you keep going back to the bullpen, eventually it&#39;s going to come up dry. That&#39;s what happened to the Red Sox on Thursday night, when