AJ solid as Yanks take series at Anaheim

They finally buried the Halo Hex yesterday on the shores of the Pacific.

Now, the Yankees will attempt to flush the Red Sox into the Atlantic tide this weekend at Yankee Stadium.

Until the Yankees, behind solid pitching efforts by A.J. Burnett and Mariano Rivera and timely hitting from Robinson Cano and Melky Cabrera, eked past the Angels 3-2 in front of 35,760 at Angel Stadium, it had been five years since the Yankees won a series in the 714 area code.

That ended when Rivera, who posted his 42nd save in 44 chances, retired former Yankee Juan Rivera on a lazy fly to center and enabled the Yankees to jet home with two out of three wins over the AL West-leading Angels, potential ALCS foes. Continue

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