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| Red Sox try to stay in AL East race against Yanks |
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09/26/2008 |
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| his 28th home run of the season for the Red Sox, who won the final three contests of the four-game set. Boston will turn to Japanese right-hander Daisuke Matsuzaka this evening, as he tries to win his eighth straight decision. Matsuzaka defeated the Toronto Blue Jays on Sunday, as he scattered two hits over seven scoreless innings to run his record to 18-2, while lowering his earned run average to 2.80. Matsuzaka beat the Yankees back on April 13 and is 3-1 lifetime against them with a 6.30 ERA in five starts. N |
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| Blue Jays sign Gaston to extension through 2010 |
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09/25/2008 |
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| Toronto, ON (MySportsbook) - The Toronto Blue Jays announced a contract extension on Thursday for repeat manager Cito Gaston, who has done well enough in his stint this season to earn the job through the 2010 season. Gaston, 64, entered the season as club ambassador and special assistant to the president and CEO but returned to the dugout for the Blue Jays after John Gibbons was fired on June 20. The Blue Jays have gone 48-36 under Gaston entering play Thursday, and are 83-75 on the season after a 35-39 start |
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| Halladay tries for win No. 20 in finale with Yanks |
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09/25/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - Right-hander Roy Halladay will try to reach 20 wins for the second time in his big-league career tonight when the Toronto Blue Jays host the New York Yankees in the finale of their three-game series at Rogers Centre. Halladay, a first-round draft pick - 17th overall - by the Blue Jays in 1995, earned a career-best 22 wins in 36 starts and 266 innings in 2003 en route to the AL Cy Young Award. He's won 12, 16 and 16 games in each of the last three seasons and has had great success against the |
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| Abreu slams Yankees past Blue Jays in 10 innings |
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09/24/2008 |
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| Toronto, ON (MySportsbook) - Bobby Abreu hit a grand slam in the 10th inning to push the New York Yankees to their seventh straight win, 6-2 over the Toronto Blue Jays in the middle contest of a three-game set. Xavier Nady drove in the other two runs for New York, which has only one loss over its last 11 games but was eliminated from postseason contention Tuesday. Juan Miranda went 2-for-4, recording the first two hits of his career. New York was without captain Derek Jeter on Wednesday. The All-Star shortsto |
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| Eliminated Yanks continue series in Toronto |
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09/24/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - Former first-round pick Phil Hughes gets the start on day one of a new era of New York Yankees baseball tonight, when the Bronx Bombers visit Rogers Centre for the second of three games with the Toronto Blue Jays. The Yankees enter the game one day after officially falling out of contention for the American League playoffs, which they'll miss for the first time since finishing second in the AL East in 1993. New York won the World Series in 1996, 1998, 1999 and 2000, and was beaten in the Fall |
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| Yankees beat Blue Jays, but playoff run ends |
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09/24/2008 |
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| Toronto, ON (MySportsbook) - Mike Mussina was solid on the mound to post his 19th win of the year and Jason Giambi clubbed his 32nd homer on the season, though the Yankees were eliminated from playoff contention despite a 3-1 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays. Boston edged Cleveland 5-4 on Tuesday to clinch a playoff berth, which left New York on the outside of the postseason picture looking in for the first time since the 1993 campaign. The Yankees won four World Series titles during their amazing playoff r |
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| Blue Jays try and put Yanks out of their misery |
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09/23/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The Toronto Blue Jays could drive the final nail into the New York Yankees' coffin tonight when the two American League East Division also-rans open a three-game series at Rogers Centre in Toronto. New York, which, of course, has played in the last 13 postseasons, will be eliminated from AL Wild Card contention with one loss - or one Boston Red Sox win - in the final week of the season. The Yankees stayed alive for one more day when the Red Sox lost Monday to Cleveland. Veteran Mike Mussina, |
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| Dice K gets 18th win, Red Sox blank Jays to move closer to playoffs |
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09/22/2008 |
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| Toronto, ON (MySportsbook) - David Ortiz belted a two-run homer and Daisuke Matsuzaka pitched seven shutout innings, as the Boston Red Sox crept closer to a playoff berth with a 3-0 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays in the finale of a three-game set from the Rogers Centre. Jacoby Ellsbury went 3-for-4 with a triple, two doubles and a pair of runs scored for Boston, which ensured no worse than a playoff for a wild card berth with just its second win in five games. The New York Yankees beat Baltimore on Sunday |
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| Playoff-hopeful Red Sox wrap road trip in Toronto |
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09/21/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) -- Still on the verge on reaching the postseason for the fifth time in six years, the Boston Red Sox wrap up a six-game road trip this afternoon with their final meeting of the season with the Toronto Blue Jays. Boston entered Saturday's play with a magic number of two to secure a playoff spot, and that amount remains the same following yesterday's 6-3 setback to the Blue Jays at the Rogers Centre. The Red Sox also didn't receive any help from the rival New York Yankees, who defeated Baltimore |
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| Red Sox try to wrap up playoff spot against Blue Jays |
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09/20/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) -- The Boston Red Sox may have an opportunity to secure another spot in the postseason following this afternoon's clash with the Toronto Blue Jays at the Rogers Centre. The defending world champion Red Sox enter today's play with a comfortable 7 1/2-game lead over both Minnesota and the New York Yankees in the American League Wild Card standings. With a victory over the Blue Jays on Saturday combined with losses by the Twins and Yankees, Boston will have clinched its fifth playoff berth in six |
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