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Cabrera delivers late again as Rivera starts, closes Yanks' 6th straight win

Associated Press

Tuesday, June 30, 2009

NEW YORK -- Mariano Rivera walked down off the mound, took a few more steps toward the plate and began the evening with a nice, soft toss. He ended it in much more familiar fashion, with a hard fastball for strike three. Rivera started what he finished and the New York Yankees, helped by Melky Cabrera's go-ahead double in the eighth inning, beat the Seattle Mariners 8-5 Tuesday night for their sixth straight win. In a sight rarely seen in baseball, an active player threw out the ceremonial fi ...

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