NEW YORK, July 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Kevin Youkilis of the Boston Red Sox caught and passed day one leader Nick Swisher of the New York Yankees in the race for the American League's final roster spot after 48 hours and 22 million votes in the 2010 All-Star Game Final Vote Sponsored by Sprint, held exclusively on MLB.com and the individual Club sites. Over in the National League, Joey Votto of the Cincinnati Reds continued to hold off challenges from Ryan Zimmerman (Washington Nationals), Billy Wagner (Atlanta Braves), Carlos Gonzalez (Colorado Rockies), and Heath Bell (San Diego Padres) and maintained a lead atop the ballot. While Youkilis grabbed the American League top spot from Swisher overnight and held it leading into the 48-hour mark, Michael Young of the Texas Rangers, Paul Konerko of the Chicago White Sox and Delmon Young of the Minnesota Twins each were well north of one million votes and still well positioned to make a run at the top spot. The ninth annual All-Star Game Final Vot

Hideki Matsui hit two solo home runs and Alex Rodriguez had a two-run homer and three RBI Sunday to lead the New York Yankees to an 8-4 win over Boston. Derek Jeter and Johnny Damon scored two runs apiece for the Yankees, who won twice in the three-game series at Fenway Park and extended their AL East lead over the second-place Red Sox to 7 ½ games. CC Sabathia (15-7) started and went 6 2/3 innings for New York, allowing four runs on eight hits with no walks and eight strikeouts. Rocco Baldelli led Boston with two RBI. Red Sox starter Josh Beckett (14-5) went eight innings, allowing eight runs on nine hits with five strikeouts and no walks. The Yankees scored first when Jeter homered on the first pitch of the game, and never trailed after that.

The company selling parts of the retired Yankee Stadium in New York said the team's players have shown interest in many of the most prominent items.

Johnny Damon's bottom of the 10th inning homer Sunday lifted the New York Yankees to a 3-2 victory against the Minnesota Twins. The Yankees increased their winning streak to five straight and won during their final at-bat for the third game in a row. With one out in the bottom of the 10th, Damon's third hit and 10th homer this season made a loser of Minnesota reliever Jesse Crain (2-2). The homer was Damon's first game-winner in a Yankee uniform. Alex Rodriguez led off the seventh with a solo shot, his 211th for the Yankees, while Melky Cabrera had one RBI and Derek Jeter added two hits. The winner was Alfredo Aceves (2-0). Starter A.J.

New York Yankees outfielder Johnny Damon, who hit .419 and a major-league leading five home runs, was selected the American League player of the week. Damon piled up 13 hits, with five of them home runs and knocked in 15 runs in games played May 4-10 but the Yankees went just 2-5 over the period. New York ended the stretch with a win, however, as Damon hit a three-run home run in the seventh inning of a 5-3 victory at Baltimore.