Yankees close in on Red Sox
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Andy Pettitte won his 200th career game to give the New York Yankees a 2-1 victory over the Baltimore Orioles on Wednesday, closing the gap on American League East leaders Boston to a game and a half.
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BOSTON - The Boston Red Sox put themselves in great position for a run at the AL East-leading New York Yankees with a great homestand.
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NEW YORK -- Don't expect the Red Sox to buy the theory that the Yankees' pitching has declined. Not after the Sox managed only eight runs on 20 hits over three of the most important games of the season. While the Yankees hit .308 and scored 27 runs, the Sox mustered only a .200 average as two of their core ...
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With a huge three-game series against the Yankees set to begin Friday in the Bronx, the Red Sox could hardly be blamed for viewing this week&#39;s three-game set
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A date with the Red Sox is within reach for the Yankees, who defeated the Minnesota Twins, 8-4, on Friday night at the Metrodome.
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The Boston Red Sox crept closer to the New York Yankees in the AL East on Tuesday night, beating the Tampa Bay Devil Rays 10-8 on Kevin Millar&#39;s two-out, two-run homer in the 11th inning.
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Back on the field in time for the stretch drive, Mike Mussina and Doug Mientkiewicz are helping the New York Yankees try to chase down Boston.
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The Yankees again appear close to acquiring Randy Johnson from the Diamondbacks.
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com. With the American League East title hanging in the balance, the Yankees and Red Sox lock up on Saturday afternoon in the Bronx in one of the final five meetings of the season between
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(Sports Network) - The New York Yankees will try to strengthen their hold on first place in the American league East this evening when they continue their three- game series with the Toronto Blue Jays at Yankee Stadium.
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At this rate, the Boston Red Sox will gladly take a day off. That's about the only way they can prevent the New York Yankees from creeping any closer.
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CBC SPORTS ONLINE - It&#39;s a scenario few would have predicted - the New York Yankees are on the verge of sweeping the Boston Red Sox out of the playoffs in four straight games.
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It's d&#233;j&#224; vu all over again as the Red Sox meet the Yankees in a rematch for the American League pennant.
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(Sports Network) - The New York Yankees try to move one step closer to their seventh consecutive American League East title when they welcome the Minnesota Twins to Yankee Stadium in a possible playoff preview.
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The New York Yankees will do just about anything to hold off the surging Boston Red Sox.    They even tried asking the commissioner's office to award them a forfeit victory...
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On the brink of the biggest collapse in postseason history, the New York Yankees have one more chance to pull themselves together and finish off Boston.
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BRONX, New York (Ticker) -- Weather permitting, the Boston Red Sox will attempt to take another bite out of the New York Yankees&#39; lead in the American League East Division standings when the two teams continue a three-game series Saturday.