Hiroki Kuroda pitched eight scoreless innings and the Yankees got just enough offense to sweep a three-game series against Oakland.

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Yankees 2, Athletics 0: Strong Outing by Kuroda Helps Yankees Beat Athletics

Mark Teixeira hit a two-run homer and Ivan Nova gave up three runs in seven innings as the Yankees beat the A’s.

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Yankees 6, Athletics 3: Yankees Defeat Athletics, 6-3

After being held scoreless by the Royals for six innings, the Yankees managed only one run for the third time in their last five games.

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Royals 5, Yankees 1: Bats Go Quiet as Yankees Lose Again

Until now Dave Robertson was a rising Yankees reliever. Now — and almost surely for the rest of the season — Mariano Rivera’s replacement.

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In Instant, Yankees’ Robertson Goes From Understudy to Rivera’s Successor

Mariano Rivera, who faces surgery to repair the anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee, said Friday afternoon that he would come back to pitch for the Yankees next year.

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Rivera Says He Will Pitch in 2013

A knee injury that probably ends his season, and perhaps his career, seems an unjust way for the Yankees’ Mariano Rivera to leave the field.

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On Baseball: On Baseball: Imagining the Ninth Inning Without Mariano Rivera

On the centennial birthday of Fenway Park, a day filled with ceremony and recollection, the Yankees hit five home runs to crash the party and beat the Red Sox.

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Yankees 6, Red Sox 2: Yankees Spoil Fenway’s 100th Birthday

The last time the Yankees, who managed just three hits against the Rays on Sunday, opened a season 0-3 was 1998, the year they won 114 regular-season games and captured the World Series.

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Tampa Bay 3, Yankees 0: Yankees Fall to 0-3 With Loss to Tampa Bay

The Yankees moved quickly to get two starting pitchers from the Seattle Mariners, Michael Pineda and Jose Campos, and agreed to a one-year deal with Hiroki Kuroda.

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Yanks Trade Jesus Montero for Michael Pineda and Sign Kuroda

The Yankees signed the Japanese pitcher Hideki Okajima to a minor league contract on Wednesday.

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Bats: Yankees Give Former Red Sox Reliever a Shot

It has been nine years since Bobby Valentine last managed in major league baseball, but the rivalry with the Yankees is about to get another jolt.

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Valentine Chosen to Manage Red Sox

Lately, the Yankees have been turning up in unlikely contexts, including indictments, testimony and ethics rulings.

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To Keep Up With the Yankees, Look Beyond Sports Pages

The Yankees avoided a potential pitching calamity when their ace pitcher C. C. Sabathia agreed to the extension just hours before the deadline for him to opt out of his current deal.

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Sabathia and Yankees Agree on Contract Extension

Robinson Cano drove in six of New York’s nine runs as the Yankees jumped out to a 1-0 lead over the Detroit Tigers in the American League division series.

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Yankees 9, Tigers 3: Cano’s Six R.B.I. Helps Yankees Top Tigers in A.L.D.S. Opener

Using an assortment of relievers after the starter Phil Hughes was scratched with back problems, the Yankees rallied to win, 4-2. Still ahead: the American League East title.

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Yankees 4, Rays 2: Yankees Beat Rays to Clinch Playoff Spot