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The New York Yankees missed a chance for their second straight AL East title and wound up with a wild-card berth in the playoffs, completing a rare late-season fade with an 8-4 loss to the Boston Red Sox Sunday.
Eric Patterson singled home the winning run in the 10th inning, giving the Boston Red Sox a 7-6 victory Saturday night and a doubleheader split that dropped the New York Yankees into a first-place tie in the AL East.
Brett Gardner raced home on an error by second baseman Bill Hall in the 10th inning and the New York Yankees beat the Boston Red Sox 6-5 Saturday in the opener of a day-night doubleheader.
Bruce Chen, a journeyman left-hander who began the season in the minors and had a 1-13 record in the previous four years in the majors, knocked the Tampa Bay Rays into second place in the AL East.
The Boston Red Sox plan to start Tim Wakefield instead of an ailing Clay Buchholz on Saturday against the New York Yankees.
Yankees manager Joe Girardi would have liked the final weekend of the regular season to go smoothly. A rainout at Fenway Park washed those hopes away.
It's the last three games of the season at Fenway, 180 days since the season opened, and the games don't matter. The only thing that matters is that the Yankees are playing for the division and home-field advantage.
The Yankees will look for an improved performance from Andy Pettitte when he takes the mound Friday for the opener of a three-game series against the arch-rival Red Sox.
Yankees GM Brian Cashman joined Boomer & Carton on Friday morning to discuss the Bombers' 2010 postseason berth.
Zack Greinke pitched seven sharp innings and the Kansas City Royals beat Tampa Bay 3-2, leaving the Rays and New York Yankees tied for the AL East lead.
With Derek Jeter's usual October stage approaching, he's starting to hit again — and beginning to resemble the Jeter of old.
The 2010 Yankees are headed back to the postseason. There are six games that stood out to me above the others.
New York Yankees star Alex Rodriguez hit his 30th homer of the season Wednesday night against Toronto, giving him 13 straight years with 30 homers and 100 RBIs.
Kevin Millwood allowed two hits over seven innings, Felix Pie hit a two-run triple and the Baltimore Orioles beat the Rays 2-0 before a capacity crowd of 36,973 on Wednesday night.
Aaron Hill hit a three-run homer, John Buck and Travis Snider added solo drives and the Toronto Blue Jays gave retiring manager Cito Gaston a winning send-off in his home finale, beating the Yankees 8-4 Wednesday night.
