Meche Shuts Out Red Sox; Colon Wins 15th
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The Boston Red Sox were beating up on pitchers &#151; until they ran into Gil Meche.
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Gil Meche pitched a season-high 7 2-3 innings and Kenji Johjima hit his second homer in as many games to lift the Seattle Mariners over the San Diego Padres 6-3 Saturday night.
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Boston Red Sox&#39;s David Ortiz celebrates his14th-inning game-winning single off New York Yankees&#39; Esteban Loaiza in Game 5 of the ALCS in Boston, Monday Oct. 18, 2004.
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Jose Contreras pitches eight strong innings and Jim ThomeÃÂ goes 4-for-4 with his 39th homerÃÂ as a revamped White Sox lineup carries Chicago to an 8-1 win over Boston.
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Curt Schilling allowed three hits in seven shutout innings for his 15th win and Manny Ramirez hit a grand slam to lead the Boston Red Sox over the Chicago White Sox 10-1 Friday night.
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Gil Meche won for the first time in almost two months, David DeJesus and Mark Teahen homered, and the Kansas City Royals beat the Minnesota Twins 6-3 Wednesday to snap a seven-game losing streak.
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Pedro Martinez pitched seven shutout  innings to lead the streaking Boston Red Sox to their 10th  straight victory, a 2-0 win over the Texas Rangers in American  League play at Fenway Park on Friday.
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The Boston Red Sox became the first team in the majors to clinch a playoff spot this season, rallying on ninth-inning home runs by Jason Varitek and Julio Lugo to beat the Tampa Bay Devil Rays 8-6 Saturday.
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NEW YORK - Mike Mussina took a perfect game into the seventh inning before the Boston Red Sox rallied for five runs and cut New York's lead to 8-5 in Game 1 of the AL championship series Tuesday night.    Hideki Matsui hit a three-run double off Curt Schilling and had five RBIs for the Yankees, tying an ALCS record...
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Bill Mueller singled home the tying run off Rivera in the ninth inning and David Ortiz homered against Paul Quantrill in the 12th, leading Boston to a 6-4 victory over the Yankees on Sunday night that avoided a four-game sweep in the AL championship series
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An 11th inning double from Jose Lopez earned the Seattle Mariners a 2-1 victory over Boston on Wednesday despite a strong outing from Japanese pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka.
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BOSTON - Derek Lowe pitched effectively into the eighth inning, and the Boston Red Sox took control of the AL wild-card race Thursday night by beating the Anaheim Angels 4-3 for their season-high ninth straight victory.    Bill Mueller homered off Bartolo Colon and Johnny Damon had three hits to help the charging Red Sox complete a three-game sweep and win for the 15th time in 16 games...
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After struggling for three months, the Boston Red Sox are getting hot. Curt Schilling allowed three hits in seven shutout innings for his 15th win and Manny Ramirez hit a grand slam to lead Boston over the Chicago White Sox 10-1 Friday night.
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Manny Delcarmen struck out Sammy Sosa on a 96 mph, full-count fastball with the bases loaded on Friday night to preserve the win for Tim Wakefield and give the Boston Red Sox a 2-1 victory over the Texas Rangers.
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Manny Ramirez doubled in the tiebreaking run during a seven-run eighth inning, and the Boston Red Sox beat the New York Yankees 12-5 Saturday to preserve their chances of an American League East title.
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BOSTON - Manny Ramirez singled and scored before leaving with a bruised knee, and the streaking Boston Red Sox beat the Detroit Tigers 5-3 Friday night for their 10th victory in 11 games.    Ricky Gutierrez singled three times and drove in two runs, and Mark Bellhorn had a pair of hits to help the Red Sox win for the 13th time in 16 games and improve to a season-high 21 games over .500...
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Boston's Daisuke Matsuzaka pitched seven shutout innings for his first win since May 25, guiding the Red Sox to a 1-0 win over the San Francisco Giants on Saturday.