Mariners pound Yankees to close gap
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The Seattle Mariners thumped the New York Yankess 7-1 on Monday to snap a season-high nine-game losing streak and cut the Yankees' lead in the American League wild card race to one game.
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The last few innings were just as costly to the New York Yankees as they were to the Seattle Mariners. Maybe more so.
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Chien-Ming Wang smothered Seattle to get his 17th win, and Jorge Posada homered twice as the Yankeesâ slumbering offense woke up in a victory over the Mariners on Tuesday night.
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Derek Jeter finished at .343, 4 points behind the TwinsÂ Joe Mauer for the American League batting crown, but the Yankees tied the Mets for the majorsÂ best record.
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MINNEAPOLIS The New York Yankees coughed up a 9-to-3 lead before rallying in the ninth inning to beat Minnesota 13-to-10.
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Ichiro Suzuki touched off Seattle's go-ahead rally in the eighth inning with his third hit of the afternoon and the Mariners snapped a four-game losing streak, defeating the New York Yankees 3-2 Wednesday.
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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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Richie Sexson hit a two-run homer in the sixth inning to give Seattle its third and final lead, and the Mariners beat the Boston Red Sox 8-7 on Tuesday night.
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MINNEAPOLIS Brad Radke worked seven innings and Corey Koskie collected three RBI&#39;s as Minnesota finally beat the New York Yankees 8-to-2.
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Ichiro Suzuki threw a strike from right field and countryman and catcher Kenji Johjima wasn&#039;t about to let it go to waste. Johjima held on to the ball despite being run over on the play at the plate by Josh Barfield in the fifth inning, a play that helped spark the Seattle Mariners to a 7-4 victory over the San Diego Padres on Friday night.
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The New York Yankees are trying to break another one of baseball's unwritten rules, the one that says a double-digit deficit on Memorial Day is insurmountable. One game after Alex Rodriguez offended some baseball purists by distracting a fielder during a popup, the Yankees built on that victory by beating the Red Sox 9-5 on Friday and climbing out of the AL East cellar.
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While Ichiro Suzuki is closing in on a big record, the Anaheim Angels keep stumbling in their effort to gain ground in the playoff chase.    Suzuki went 5-for-5 to pull within 14 hits of George Sisler's major league record of 257, and the Seattle Mariners beat the Angels 7-3 Tuesday night...
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The New York Yankees moved up a notch in the American League East, fending off a late-inning comeback by the Boston Red Sox to win 4-3 on Wednesday.
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Starter Chien-Ming Wang allowed five hits and a run in seven and a third innings as the Yankees restored their two-game lead over the Mariners in the American League wild-card race.
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The New York Yankees battered Pedro Martinez, chasing Boston out of town with their second rout in a row. Gary Sheffield, Derek Jeter and Jorge Posada
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Matt Stairs and Gregg Zaun each hit two-run homers, A.J. Burnett pitched seven sharp innings and the Toronto Blue Jays beat slumping Seattle 6-4 on Sunday, sending the Mariners to their season-high ninth consecutive loss.
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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.