The morning after the Fightin’ Phils reach a pinnacle of sorts…

The Red Sox ended the Yankees’ 10-year reign as AL Eastern division champions; Cole Hamels pitches lights out for the appropriately named Fightin’ Phils; the Indians continue their quest to attain the American League’s best record and the Chicago Cubs shut the door on the Milwaukee Brewers.

Twins 2, Red Sox 5 — The Red Sox knocked off the Twins 5-2 and in the process, knocked off the Yankees and won the AL East.

Yanks 9, O’s 10  (10 innings) –  Alex Rodriguez hit his 54th homer, drove in four runs and scored twice against the Baltimore Orioles. But a rare blown save by Mariano Rivera sent the Yankees to a 10-9 loss.

Indians 5, Royals 3 — C.C. Sabathia survived line drives off each wrist — both hit by Mark Grudzielanek — and earned his 100th career victory, pitching the Cleveland Indians past Kansas City 5-3.

Angels 2, A’s 0 — John Lackey garnered his 19th victory, allowing just two hits in seven innings while striking out two walking none, in the Angels’ 2-1 victory over the Oakland A’s.

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News and notes while enjoying the benefits of a Saturday…

Mosley admits to using steroids (ESPN.com) “Sugar” Shane pulls the Barry Bonds defense, claims he didn’t know what he was ingesting. His statement? “I didn’t know what the hell it was.”

OSU’s Gundy claims he didn’t intend to yell (AP/SI.com) The star of the YouTube video classic for the week claims that he never meant to yell while complaining about the professionalism of columnist.

South Florida stonewalls WVU 21-13 (AP/USA Today) Matt Grothe upstaged West Virginia stars Pat White and Steve Slaton for the second straight year, and rapidly rising USF proved last year’s victory over the Mountaineers in Morgantown was anything but a fluke.

ESPN none to happy with ‘Harry Potter’ Buccigross (Awful Announcing) Like Jason Blair is to the New York Times, John Buccigross is to ESPN? Anchor gets piece edited after leaking information regarding NHL’s television contract.

Wackiness from the President’s Cup (ESPN Video) Woody Austin might need some water wings after a dip.