Derek Jeter also homered and Jorge Posada hit an RBI double for the Yankees, who took the opener of a three-game series in the first meeting between the rivals since June 3.
Boston came to town with an eight-game lead over New York in the AL East and a chance to open a nearly insurmountable cushion.
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Shane Victorino, who scored the tying run in the eighth on a pair of bizarre plays, opened the 10th with a bloop single off Mota (1-1). Then Howard hit a 1-2 pitch deep the opposite way into the left-field seats for his 35th homer, giving the Phillies wins in the first two games of this pivotal four-game series.
Brett Myers (3-5) pitched two scoreless innings to earn the win.
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The first-place Cubs scored four runs in the seventh to increase their lead over the Brewers in the NL Central to 2 1/2 games. St. Louis started play Tuesday night two games back.
The three-game series is the final meeting this season between the Brewers, who’d spent 125 days in first this season, and the Cubs, who have been tied for first or in sole possession of the lead since Aug.
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CHARLOTTE, North Carolina: Juan Pablo Montoya and Jacques Villeneuve once had to be separated during a confrontation in Canada. But that was six years ago and their relationship has steadily improved since the contentious early days.
Now Montoya is eagerly awaiting Villeneuve's arrival into NASCAR.
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LONDON: Premier League clubs Sunderland, Wigan and Derby were knocked out of English soccer's League Cup by lower league teams on Tuesday.
Sunderland, which is managed by former Manchester United captain Roy Keane, lost 3-0 at Luton from the third-tier League One, while Wigan was beaten 1-0 by visiting League Championship side Hull.
Derby drew 2-2 with Blackpool before losing a penalty shootout 7-6.
The other Premier League clubs to enter England's second cup competition in this week's second round had better results.
Birmingham beat Hereford 2-1, Portsmouth beat Leeds 3-0, Fulham won 1-0 at Shrewsbury, and Reading won 1-0 after extra time at Swansea.
Aston Villa had the biggest win of the night's 21 matches with a 5-0 victory at Wrexham, and West Ham advanced but its 2-1 win at Bristol Rovers was marred by a suspected broken leg for England midfielder Kieron Dyer.
Nottingham Forest's match against local rival Leicester was abandoned at halftime with Forest leading 1-0 after Leicester defender Clive Clarke collapsed in the locker room.
Forest said Clarke had “a serious illness.”
Veteran former Chelsea striker Paul Furlong scored twice for Luton at Kenilworth Road to help pay back Sunderland for a 5-0 league loss last season.
While Sunderland was promoted from the League Championship following that win, Luton has since been relegated.
Morcambe won 3-1 after extra time at former powerhouse Wolves in another surprise.
Manchester City, Newcastle and Middlesbrough play Bristol City, Northampton and Barnsley in Wednesday's three League Cup matches.
The remaining Premier League clubs — those who have qualified for this season's European competitions — enter the League Cup in the next round.
Those include Manchester United, Liverpool, Tottenham and defending champion Chelsea.
Couch, cut by the Jacksonville Jaguars earlier this month, told Yahoo.com he used HGH for about a week, under a doctor’s care, in hopes it would help him recover from shoulder surgery. He denied using steroids or any other banned drugs and said he had never seen the documents.
Yahoo.com reported Tuesday it had obtained documents from an anonymous source with Couch’s name printed across the top that called for extensive use of drugs banned by the league.
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“We know how to train for heat and humidity, but not a lot of research has been done on running in the polluted atmosphere we think we’ll find in Beijing,” Kyle O’Brien, an American marathoner who ran at the track and field world championship in Osaka, said Tuesday.
Therein, lies the problem.
Air pollution levels in China’s capital are nearly five times higher than the World Health Organization’s recommended safety level.
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On the surface, many black fans appeared supportive of the disgraced Atlanta Falcons quarterback who has been suspended indefinitely without pay by the National Football League.
"The man is black. He's rich.
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RIETI, Italy: World record-holder Asafa Powell entered next week's Rieti meet for his first 100-meter race since his world championships loss to Tyson Gay.
“I know the Rieti track and I know it's very fast,” Powell said in a statement released by Rieti organizers on Tuesday. “I'm not looking for any revenge against who beat me.
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Briggs, speaking to reporters after practice on Tuesday, said he called a tow truck after leaving the scene and then reported his car was stolen.
“When it happened, the first thing I did was, obviously, I panicked,” Briggs said. “I didn’t want there to be a big scene there. And so I left the scene. When I left, I called the tow truck. I also was startled, and I called to report that my car was stolen.
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