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Johnny Damon and Mark Teixeira hit back-to-back homers in the eighth inning Sunday night, and the New York Yankees beat the Boston Red Sox 5-2 to finish their first four-game home sweep of their bitter rival in 24 years.

CC Sabathia didn’t allow a runner past second base while pitching into the eighth inning and the New York Yankees beat the Boston Red Sox 5-0 on Saturday for their sixth consecutive win.

Johnny Damon hit a solo home run and had three RBIs, Nick Swisher also connected and the New York Yankees completed a two-game sweep of the Toronto Blue Jays with an 8-4 victory Wednesday night.

Joba Chamberlain pitched into the eighth inning and allowed two hits, Derek Jeter and Johnny Damon provided the offense and the New York Yankees beat the Oakland Athletics 8-3 on Friday night for their eighth straight win.

After he was knocked out in the third inning at Fenway Park in early June, A.J. Burnett vowed to improve. Has he ever. Burnett scattered six hits over seven innings to win for the third time in four starts, and the Yankees opened the long holiday weekend with a 4-2 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays on Friday.

Mariano Rivera has 500 saves -- and one precious RBI. Guess which feat he was most excited about. On a New York night that belonged to baseball's most unflappable closer, Rivera became the second reliever to reach the 500-save milestone when the Yankees held off the punchless Mets 4-2 Sunday for a Subway Series sweep.

The Yankees lost CC Sabathia to injury and then couldn't rally past the Marlins on Sunday.

Mark Teixeira couldn't keep the New York Yankees from losing their eighth straight game to Boston -- even with four hits, including his AL-leading 19th homer of the year. Now the Yankees' top pitching prize will have to try to stop the skid.

It was the most significant contribution of a Wednesday evening filled with them, and it came with the Yankees already up by six runs and the contest seemingly well in hand.

Jimmy Rollins sent A.J. Burnett's first pitch of the night deep over the right-field scoreboard. A few innings later, Jayson Werth became the first player to reach the left field second deck at baseball's newest launching pad. In the eighth inning, Mark Teixeria hit the first drive into the suite level.