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Alex Rodriguez became the first player with 35 homers and 100 RBIs in 12 seasons _ one more than Babe Ruth _ and the New York Yankees slowed the Chicago White Sox's pursuit of the AL Central crown with a 5-1 victory Wednesday night.

Johnny Damon hit a two-run homer, Robinson Cano had three hits and Xavier Nady had a tying RBI single in the seventh inning.

Nady then scored on a wild pitch as New York rallied against rookie Clayton Richard in the fifth to last regular-season game at Yankee Stadium.

In the biggest trade of this past weekend, the Yankees and Pirates made a six-player swap, with New York getting left fielder Xavier Nady and lefty reliever Damaso Marte in exchange for outfielder Jose Tabata and right-handers Ross Ohlendorf, Jeff Karstens and Dan McCutchen.

The New York Yankees acquired outfielder Xavier Nady and left-hander Damaso Marte from the Pittsburgh Pirates on Friday night, bolstering their offense and bullpen ahead of next week's trade deadline.

Nady and Marte were coveted by several teams, and New York parted with top outfield prospect Jose Tabata and three other minor leaguers to complete the deal one day after team executives met at the...

The Pittsburgh Pirates pulled Xavier Nady after the first inning Friday night and announced they agreed to a trade involving the outfielder and reliever Damaso Marte.

The Pirates said during their game against San Diego that the trade is pending physicals and didn't immediately announce the other team involved in the deal.