No champagne. No plastic sheets on the lockers. Just a few handshakes and hugs on the field. Although the Yankees secured their return to the playoffs Tuesday night after a year away that sometimes felt like an eternity, they haven't forgotten which clinchers really matter. Brett Gardner scored the tiebreaking run on Alex Rodriguez's sacrifice fly in the ninth, and the Yankees got ready for their 14th playoff appearance in 15 seasons Tuesday night with a 6-5 victory over the Los Angeles Angels.
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Season Series

Date	Home	Score	Pitchers
Thu 4/30	NYY	LAA 4 at NYY 7	W: Coke L: Speier
Fri 5/1	NYY	LAA 9 at NYY 10	W: Albaladejo L: Fuentes
Sat 5/2	NYY	LAA 8 at NYY 4	W: Palmer L: Sabathia
Sun 5/3	NYY	PPD
Fri 7/10	LAA	NYY 6 at LAA 10	W: Bulger L: Melancon
Sat 7/11	LAA	NYY 8 at LAA 14	W: Weaver L: Pettitte
Sun 7/12	LAA	NYY 4 at LAA 5	W: Lackey L: Sabathia
Mon 9/14	NYY	LAA 3 at NYY 5	W: Hughes L: Weaver
Mon 9/21	LAA	NYY 2 at LAA 5	W: Saunders L: Pettitte
Tue 9/22	LAA	NYY 6 at LAA 5	W: Hughes L: Palmer
Wed 9/23	LAA	NYY 3 at LAA 2	W: Burnett L: Kazmir
Fri 10/16	NYY	LAA 1 at NYY 4	W: Sabathia L: Lackey
Sat 10/17	NYY	LAA 3 at NYY 4	W: Robertson L: Santana
Mon 10/19	LAA	NYY 4 at LAA 5	W: Santana L: Aceves
Tue 10/20	LAA	NYY 10 at LAA 1	W: Sabathia L: Kazmir
Thu 10/22	LAA	NYY 6 at LAA 7	W: Jepsen L: Hughes
Sat 10/24	NYY	PPD
Sun 10/25	NYY	LAA 2 at NYY 5	W: Pettitte L: Saunders

Box Scores

Yankees (96 - 56) Season Stats | Roster | Tickets		Angels (90 - 61) Season Stats | Roster | Tickets
Lineup Name AB R H RBI BB 1. D Jeter, SS 4 0 1 0 1 2. J Damon, LF 4 0 1 0 0 3. M Teixeira, 1B 4 1 2 0 1 4. A Rodriguez, 3B 4 1 1 3 0 5. H Matsui, DH 3 2 1 1 1 6. J Posada, C 4 1 1 2 0 7. R Cano, 2B 4 0 2 0 0 8. N Swisher, RF 3 0 0 0 1 8. M Cabrera, RF 0 0 0 0 0 9. B Gardner, CF 4 1 1 0 0 Totals 34 6 10 6 4		Lineup Name AB R H RBI BB 1. C Figgins, 3B 5 1 3 1 0 2. M Izturis, 2B 4 1 2 1 1 2. R Budde, C 0 0 0 0 0 3. B Abreu, RF 2 0 0 1 3 4. V Guerrero, DH 5 0 1 1 0 5. T Hunter, CF 5 0 0 0 0 6. K Morales, 1B 4 1 4 0 1 6. R Willits, PR 0 0 0 0 0 7. J Rivera, LF 5 1 1 0 0 8. E Aybar, SS 5 0 0 0 0 9. J Mathis, C 2 0 0 0 0 9. G Matthews Jr., PH 1 0 1 1 0 9. B Wilson, C 0 0 0 0 0 9. H Kendrick, PH-2B 1 1 0 0 0 Totals 39 5 12 5 5
Pitcher Name IP H R ER BB K ERA* C Gaudin 4.2 6 2 2 2 3 3.71 A Aceves 1.2 4 2 2 1 1 3.87 D Marte 0.0 1 0 0 0 0 10.97 P Hughes (W, 8-3) (BS, 3) 1.2 1 1 0 1 2 3.04 M Rivera (S, 41) 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 1.91		Pitcher Name IP H R ER BB K ERA* E Santana 6.0 9 5 4 2 7 5.46 M Palmer (L, 10-2) 2.0 1 1 1 1 1 4.03 D Oliver 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 2.55
* = Season Stat
BATTING 2B: R Cano (46) HR: A Rodriguez (27), H Matsui (28), J Posada (22) BASERUNNING SB: D Jeter (27), B Gardner (23)		BATTING 2B: M Izturis (21), K Morales (42) HR: C Figgins (5) BASERUNNING SB: H Kendrick (10)CS: R Willits (1)

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Player News

Yankees Johnny Damon (NYY) News: FoxSports.com is reporting that Scott Boras may use Bobby Abreu's two-year, $19 million contract as a baseline for negotiations for Johnny Damon's next deal. Both players will be 36 on opening day, and Damon is coming off an excellent season in which he hit .282 with 24 homers.   (Fanball - Sun. Nov 22, 2009) Johnny Damon (NYY) News: According to Ken Davidoff on Twitter, the Yankees are making Johnny Damon their top free agent priority this offseason.  (Fanball - Sat. Nov 21, 2009) Shelley Duncan (NYY) News: The Yankees have outrighted first baseman Shelley Duncan from Triple-A.  (Fanball - Sat. Nov 21, 2009)

Angels Scot Shields (LAA) News: Shields (knee) has been activated from the 60-day DL.  (RotoWire - Fri. Nov 20, 2009) Dustin Moseley (LAA) News: Moseley (hip) has been activated from the 60-day DL.  (RotoWire - Fri. Nov 20, 2009) Torii Hunter (LAA) News: Hunter may need to undergo sports hernia surgery this winter, the Orange County Register reports.  (RotoWire - Wed. Nov 18, 2009)