Rivera induced Geronimo Berroa, the ultimate Yankee killer, to fly out with a runner on second to end the eighth.

Pitcher Bob Wickman, that same second inning, then faced the newest Yankee killer, Troy Neel.

While he was rounding the bases, he was remembering a different time, 1983, when the Yankee killer in him was born.

No doubt the Sox will be ready to go with their new Yankee killer, Tim Wakefield, on one day's rest if Burkett struggles early.

The battle between the Yankee killer and the one Yankee pitcher who had been able to handle him went to David Ortiz.

That left Higuera in third place among Yankee killers, at 12-4 for .750.

The Yankee killer doubled down the left-field line, scoring Cora from third and enabling Griffey to speed home from first.

Brown, the all-time Yankee killer, was the right pitcher for the Orioles.

In Mexico City, about 2,000 people shouting, "Yankee killers!"

He would be the Yankee killer the Red Sox needed.