MLB: NY Yankees 7, Minnesota 6
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Hideki Matsui drove in Derek Jeter with a 12th-inning sacrifice fly Wednesday night, giving the New York Yankees a dramatic, 7-6 win over Minnesota.
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Alex Rodriguez hit two more homers and drove in five runs, and Darrell Rasner pitched six impressive innings for his first major league win to lead the New York Yankees past the Minnesota Twins 10-1 on Sunday.
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Alex Rodriguez hits a two-run homer and the New York Yankees get another big hit from Andy Phillips, beating the Toronto Blue Jays, 6-4.
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NEW YORK - Bernie Williams hit a two-run home run in the ninth inning and the New York Yankees clinched their seventh straight American League East title, beating the Minnesota Twins, 6-4, Thursday night for their 100th victory.
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That record-setting defeat appears to have stirred up the Yankees. Gary Sheffield had three RBIs to reach 100 for the seventh time, Alex Rodriguez hit a three-run homer, and Jon Lieber pitched seven shutout innings to lead the Yankees to their second straight win, 9-1 over the Cleveland Indians last night in New York.
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MINNEAPOLIS - The New York Yankees held an 8-1 lead over the Minnesota Twins after eight innings of play in Game 3 of their AL division playoff series on Friday.    Minnesota got on the scoreboard in the first inning on Jacque Jones' home run to left center field off starter Kevin Brown...
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NEW YORK - Mariano Rivera failed to hold a two-run lead in the eighth, and the Minnesota Twins and New York Yankees were tied at 5 after 11 innings Wednesday night in Game 2 of their best-of-five series in the AL playoffs.    Derek Jeter, Gary Sheffield and Alex Rodriguez homered to back Jon Lieber, but Minnesota rallied from a 5-3 deficit, ending Rivera's 12-for-12 mark in postseason save chances at Yankee Stadium...
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Chien-Ming Wang won his fifth straight decision and Robinson Cano hit a two-run homer, leading the Yankees to a victory over the Minnesota Twins on Tuesday night.
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Derek Jeter and Alex Rodriguez rallied the Yankees past the Minnesota Twins in a possible playoff preview, moving New York closer to its seventh straight AL East title.
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Mike Mussina pitched shutout ball into the sixth inning in his return to the rotation and the New York Yankees won their seventh straight game, beating the Toronto Blue Jays 4-1 Wednesday night.
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Alex Rodriguez scores on a wild pitch in the 11th innning to lead the New York Yankees into the AL Championship Series by defeating the Minnesota Twins, 6-5, on Saturday.
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The New York Yankees roared to life with  six runs in the eighth inning for a dramatic 8-7 win over the  Boston Red Sox in the opening game of their American League  East showdown on Friday.
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MINNEAPOLIS - Alex Rodriguez scored the game winner on a Kyle Lohse wild pitch in the top of the 11th inning, sending the New York Yankees to their second consecutive American League Championship Series after edging out the Minnesota Twins 6-5 Saturday.
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Chien-Ming Wang won his fifth straight decision and Robinson Cano hit a two-run homer, leading the New York Yankees to an 8-0 victory over the Minnesota Twins on Tuesday night.
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The Yankees sure didn't look like a team suffering from a lack of sleep. Johnny Damon homered and tripled, Melky Cabrera added a three-run triple and Chien-Ming Wang delivered eight effective innings, leading New York to a 7-2 victory over the Detroit Tigers on Saturday night.
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Joe Torre found his new lucky spot in the dugout, then watched Alex Rodriguez, Andy Pettitte and the rest of the team go to work. Yep, things are falling into place nicely for the New York Yankees. Rodriguez drove in two more runs, Pettitte breezed for eight innings and the Yankees won their ninth straight game, beating the Arizona Diamondbacks 7-1 Thursday.
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com. Those numbers each represent something important for the Yankees, who wrapped up the American League East title on Thursday night with a 6-4 win over the Minnesota Twins.