Sweep of Twins gives banged-up Yanks time to heal (AP)

They had stumbled into October, playing the last two months of the season as if they were just another team, failing at the plate and on the mound uncharacteristically often. For only the third time in their proud history, and the first since 1944, they failed to hold on after leading on Labor Day. But now, as the weather turns crisp, the New York Yankees have regained their sharpness of the first...

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Baseball Roundup: A look at Tuesday’s games (The Canadian Press)

For the third time this season the Houston Astros sent ace Roy Oswalt to the mound to try and outduel Tim Lincecum, and for the third time he failed.

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