Sabathia hopes to return as soon as Sunday (Yahoo! Sports)

New York Yankees left-hander CC Sabathia had eight days between his final start of the regular season and his first postseason start. Thanks to Mother Nature, he will have to take the mound again in two or three days. Sabathia had thrown two innings of one-run ball against the...

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Rocky 1st inning hurts Sabathia; Yankees recover (AP)

CC Sabathia was so bad in the first inning of the AL championship series Friday night that his best pitch might have been one that bounced off the backstop. It sure wasn't the one that Josh Hamilton put over the wall. Or the four in a row that walked the No. 8 hitter. Pitching nine days after his last outing, Sabathia opened the ALCS looking like anything but the ace who led the New York Yankees...

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Yankees beat A’s take over first place in AL East (AP)

As the Yankees came back to the dugout after another long inning in the field, New York starter Phil Hughes made sure to thank them. The Yankees' powerful lineup scored more than enough runs to get Hughes his 16th win, on a warm night when he struggled through five long innings and New York beat the Oakland Athletics 9-3.

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