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 NEW YORK (AP) - Andy Pettitte earned his 200th win, Mariano Rivera escaped a bases-loaded jam in the ninth and the New York Yankees edged the Baltimore Orioles 2-1 Wednesday night to complete a three-game sweep that pulled them within 1 1/2 games of first-place Boston.
Hideki Matsui hit a solo homer and Doug Mientkiewicz scored on a wild pitch for New York, which has won 12 of 14.
The Yankees (88-64), a season-high 24 games over .500, closed within 1 1/2 games of the AL East-leading Red Sox (90-63) and opened a 5 1/2-game lead over Detroit (83-70) in the wild-card race. It's the closest New York has been to first place since the Yankees trailed by one game before play on April 20.
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