AL Wrap: Damon Lifts Red Sox Nearer to Yankees
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Johnny Damon drove in the winning run  with a bloop single in the top of the ninth inning as the  Boston Red Sox rallied to edge the New York Yankees 3-2 in an  American League East showdown at Yankee Stadium on Friday.
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The Boston Red Sox crushed the New  York Yankees 10-3 Wednesday to complete an historic comeback  victory over their arch-rivals by four games to three in the  American League Championship Series.
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Manny Ramirez belted his  league-leading 43rd homer and Johnny Damon hit a three-run shot  as the Boston Red Sox clinched a playoff spot with a 7-3 win  over the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in St Petersburg on Monday.
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David Ortiz was the last person to speak on his behalf in the Red Sox clubhouse after his winning single in the 14th capped a 10-pitch at-bat against Esteban Loaiza scored Johnny Damon to give Boston a 5-4 victory over the Yankees last night in Game 5 of the ALCS.
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Johnny Damon tripled into the Fenway Park triangle to start a rare five-game series, and later homered and drove in four runs to lead the New York Yankees over the Boston Red Sox 12-4 Friday in the opener of a day-night doubleheader.
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David Ortiz hit his 50th homer Wednesday night to match a Red Sox record, but Torii Hunter's three-run shot in the eighth inning sent the Minnesota Twins to an 8-2 victory over Boston that allowed the New York Yankees to clinch their ninth consecutive AL East title.
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Johnny Damon hit a leadoff homer in his return to the Boston lineup after missing four games with a jammed right pinkie, and Derek Lowe won his fifth straight decision, sparking the Red Sox to a 7-1 win over Oakland on Tuesday.
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David Ortiz hit a two-run homer in the ninth inning that barely cleared the low right-field wall &#151; eluding a twisting Delmon Young &#151; and lifted the Boston Red Sox over the Tampa Bay Devil Rays 5-4 Wednesday night.
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The Boston Red Sox rebounded from a tough loss by hammering their arch-rival New York Yankees 10-1 behind Josh Beckett's Major League-leading 19th win of the season on Saturday.
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NEW YORK - Orlando Cabrera and Johnny Damon hit RBI singles in the ninth inning off Mariano Rivera, and the Boston Red Sox stormed past New York 3-2 Friday night to cut the Yankees&#39; AL East lead to 2 1/2 games.
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BOSTON - Curt Schilling became the first 20-game winner in the major leagues this season, reaching the mark for the third time in four years and leading the Boston Red Sox to an 11-4 victory over the Tampa Bay Devil Rays on Thursday night.    Kevin Millar and Johnny Damon each homered and drove in four runs, and Boston moved within 3 1/2 games of the first-place New York Yankees in the AL East...
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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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They may never be mistaken for the boys from the Bronx as Boston&#39;s archrivals. But the Devil Rays picked up last night where the Yankees
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Johnny Damon hit a leadoff homer in his return to the Red Sox lineup after missing four games with a jammed right pinkie to start Boston's 7-1 win over the Oakland Athletics on Tuesday night.
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The New York Yankees finished off their domination of the Boston Red Sox and took their biggest lead in the AL East this season.
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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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The New York Yankees beat the Twins 6-to-5 Saturday to advance to the AL Championship. They will play the Boston Red Sox. Ruben Sierra hit a three-run homer in the eighth inning.