Yankees sweep to within one
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The Yankees cannot cruise yet, cannot rest their regulars, cannot take one final deep breath before the tension of the postseason wraps tightly around their stomachs.
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The New York Yankees couldn&#039;t quite wipe out memories of the second-worst loss in franchise history in 24 hours.
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With two easy victories, the Yankees did something they had not done in the previous 16 days. They gained ground on the Boston Red Sox.
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With the New York Yankees' starting rotation struggling, the team's offense matched its high-scoring game of the season. Tony Clark homered three times for the first time in his career, Ruben Sierra hit a grand slam for his 300th homer, and Gary Sheffield and Alex Rodriguez also connected to lead the Yankees over the Toronto Blue Jays 18-6 Sunday.
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Derek Jeter hit a bases-clearing double in New York's seven-run seventh inning as the Yankees rallied from a three-run deficit to beat the Boston Red Sox 14-11 and complete a sweep of Friday's day-night doubleheader.
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A big home run by Ruben Sierra, a clutch 11th-inning hit by Alex Rodriguez and the New York Yankees are headed right back where most people figured &#151; playing the Boston Red Sox for the AL pennant. Sierra's three-run homer in the eighth inning tied it, then Rodriguez doubled, alertly stole third base and scored the go-ahead run on a wild pitch by Kyle Lohse to lift the Yankees over the Minnesota Twins 6-5 Saturday.
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The Minnesota Twins might have moved two steps back toward a return to Yankee Stadium next week for the first round of the playoffs when they got swept by the New York Yankees in a rain
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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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In walloping the Yankees 10-1 on Saturday, the Red Sox appear to have restored the oomph to their season.
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The Yankees kept circling the bases, battering Boston's beleaguered pitching staff. By the time the long, long night ended with a devastating 19-8 rout over the Red Sox, the dreaded New Yorkers were just one game away from a shocking sweep.
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The New York Yankees turned a long day into a productive one -- at the plate and in the AL East standings.
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Another August sweep of the Boston Red Sox put the New York Yankees in prime position for a September playoff run. Chien-Ming Wang took a no-hit bid into the seventh inning, Robinson Cano homered twice off Curt Schilling and the Yankees beat Boston 5-0 Thursday for their third straight win over the Red Sox.
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Pedro's daddy is one win from a much-anticipated, eagerly awaited family reunion. The eminently resourceful Yankees played long ball and short ball last night, got six more-than-serviceable innings from Kevin Brown, and pushed the Twins to the brink with an 8-4 victory before 54,803 disappointed Homer Hankie wavers at the Metrodome. New York can finish the job this ...
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Robinson Cano clubbed two homers and Chien-Ming Wang pitched one-hit ball over seven innings on Thursday to lead the New York Yankees to a 5-0 win over the Boston Red Sox and a three-game series sweep.
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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 surging New York Yankees thrashed  the Baltimore Orioles 12-0 on Tuesday to move within 2 1/2  games of the Boston Red Sox in the American League East.
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Andy Pettitte earned his 200th win, Mariano Rivera escaped a bases-loaded jam in the ninth and the New York Yankees edged the Baltimore Orioles 2-1 Wednesday night to complete a three-game sweep that pulled them within 1 1/2 games of first-place Boston.