New York Yankees pick up huge three-game sweep in St. Louis originally appeared on The Sporting News

The temperatures on the field reached as high as 98 degrees, but that did not cool down Aaron Boone and his New York Yankees.

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The Bronx Bombers took care of business with a massive three-game series sweep over the St. Louis Cardinals.

New York got on the board early, with Jasson Dominguez, Ryan McMahon and Jose Caballero all driving in a run in the fourth inning.

St. Louis came all the way back, and took a 4-3 lead, before the Yankees scored the final four runs of the game.

The ninth inning was aided by some poor St. Louis defense, as Thomas Saggese made two errors to cost a big inning. JoJo Romero was the pitcher of record, allowing four runs, and retiring just two batters.

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New York needed just eight hits, with former Cardinal star Paul Goldschmidt coming away with three, while Dominguez picked up two of them in the game.

The win for New York puts them back to 10 games over .500, and with the Toronto loss on Sunday, they are now 5.5 games out of first place in the American League Central.

The Yankees will put their three-game winning streak on the line Tuesday when they play the first of two straight at the Rays.

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