Rivera earns 400th save as Yankees sweep
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Mariano Rivera earned his 400th save, escaping two jams and getting six outs to preserve the New York Yankees&#039; 6-4 victory over the Chicago White Sox on Sunday.
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Roger Clemens can't hold on for his 350th win and the Rockies complete a three-game sweep of the Yankees with a 4-3 victory Thursday.
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Roger Clemens couldn't hold on for his 350th win and the Colorado Rockies completed a three-game sweep of the New York Yankees with a 4-3 victory Thursday.
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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 threw 26 pitches in a bullpen session Saturday, the first time since Aug. 31 the New York Yankees closer worked off a mound.
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Juan Rivera homered twice and the Los Angeles Angels battered Seattle&#039;s bullpen in a 14-6 win over the Mariners on Tuesday afternoon. Rivera hit a solo homer leading off the fifth and then hit a three-run shot on an 0-1 pitch from reliever Rafael Soriano down the right-field and just inside the foul pole in the ninth. It was Rivera&#039;s fourth multi-homer game and he finished with five RBIs.
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NEW YORK - Amid the bustle of the New York clubhouse, Mariano Rivera's untouched locker stood out as a reminder that the New York Yankees might be without their best pitcher in the opener of the American League championship series.    Rivera flew home to Puerto Caimito, Panama, after two family members were electrocuted in his pool, leaving the possibility that he might not be available for Game 1 of the ALCS against the Boston Red Sox on Tuesday...
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Chien-Ming Wang tied MinnesotaÂs Johan Santana for the major league lead in victories with 18 while Mariano Rivera and Gary Sheffield both returned in the Yankees win.
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Alex Rodriguez hit his 496th career home run and Andy Phillips delivered a tie-breaking single as the New York Yankees beat the Toronto Blue Jays 6-4 on Monday.
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This is the way it ended last year: An exhausted and emotionally spent Mariano Rivera dropped to his knees after pitching the hardest three innings of his life, sobbing and praying and finally falling prone on the hill, wrapping his arms around the mound in a mixture of thanksgiving and relief. For three innings -- the most ...
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Joe Torre summoned Mariano Rivera for his first save opportunity since May 3, helping the Yankees hang on for a victory that snapped a five-game losing streak.
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com. Cordero notched his 44th save of the season Sunday to establish a Rangers record previously held by current Rangers roving pitching instructor John Wetteland.
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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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Vernon Wells homered off Mariano Rivera in the 11th inning to lift the Toronto Blue Jays over the New York Yankees 5-4 Thursday night.
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The red hot Angels completed their first sweep of the Yankees since the 1999 season with a 4-3 win, their fifth straight, Sunday in New York.
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NEW YORK - Mariano Rivera showed up in time to save the New York Yankees, putting his grief aside just long enough to do what he does best. 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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The Yankees had to venture into improbable territory Thursday night to avoid their first sweep by the Twins since 1991. But like they&#39;ve done so many times this season, the Yankees found the heroes to turn lemons into lemonade, winning 13-10.