Ellsbury homers to save Boston’s wild-card lead (AP)

About eight hours after hitting two homers that didn't help their cause, Jacoby Ellsbury put the Red Sox in control of the wild-card race with another. His two-out, three-run homer in the 14th inning of the nightcap of a split doubleheader lifted the Red Sox over the New York Yankees 7-4 Sunday. The Red Sox rallied from a 3-0 deficit to snap a four-game skid and head into their final three...

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Yankees snap 4-game skid, edge Angels 6-5 (AP)

Mariano Rivera made his 1,036th appearance with a catcher making his major league debut. Rivera earned his 599th career save with help from Austin Romine, who was shopping in a store in Kentucky 24 hours earlier. Although injuries and slumps have forced the New York Yankees to get resourceful -- and a little lucky -- in the last few weeks, they're still leaving California with their biggest AL...

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Yanks’ Bats Help CC End Two-game Skid (Yahoo! Contributor Network)

Home runs by Nick Swisher (15), Andruw Jones (8) and Mark Teixeira (33) anchored the New York Yankees' 15-hit attack in an 8-4 win over the Minnesota Twins Thursday night at Target Field. They also provided CC Sabathia (W, 17-7) with enough run support to end the lefty's...

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Hernandez steps up to help Mariners snap 17-game skid (Yahoo! Sports)

The ace of the staff is the guy who is looked to when someone has to step up in times of trouble, and for the Seattle Mariners, that man is Felix Hernandez. While he was unsuccessful at cutting short Seattle losing streaks earlier this month at four, seven and 12 games, he got...

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Mariners Snap 17-game Skid with 9-2 Win Over Yanks (Yahoo! Contributor Network)

NEW YORK--New York Yankees starter Phil Hughes (L, 1-3) (6.0 IP, 9H, 2R) didn't do that bad a job against the Seattle Mariners during a matinee series finale Wednesday, his counterpart, Felix Hernandez (W, 9-9) (7.0 IP, 5H, 1R), was simply better.

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Mariners win, end 17-game skid with 9-2 victory (AP)

Dustin Ackley and the rest of the Seattle Mariners had the same thought as they piled up the hits Wednesday: Don't stop. By the time they were done, everyone was happy to talk about the No. 17. The Mariners snapped their 17-game losing streak with a 9-2 victory over the New York Yankees, boosted by a season-high 17-hit attack that featured strong performances by Ichiro Suzuki and Ackley.

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Freddy Garcia didn’t ‘want to be the guy’ against whom Seattle snapped 16-game skid (Yahoo! Contributor Network)

NEW YORK--Goodness, Freddy, tell us what's really on your mind. New York Yankees starter Freddy Garcia, who improved to 9-7 after holding the Seattle Mariners--now losers of 16 straight--to three runs in 7 2/3 innings in a 10-3 rout, wasn't bashful about the fact that he...

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Lester, ‘pen help Red Sox eke out split with Yanks (AP)

Daniel Bard trotted in from the bullpen in the seventh inning knowing he was facing a most sticky situation -- and it had nothing to do with the sultry weather. Worse. The bases were loaded, Derek Jeter was the batter and the Boston Red Sox were clinging to a two-run lead over the New York Yankees. "You don't want to be the guy that gives it up," Bard said.

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