Even Longer: Red Sox Win In 14 Innings
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It was as if David Ortiz wanted to give a gift to every fan at Fenway Park. They had already made him a folk hero here, and his legend was about to grow.
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Scouting: This was supposed to be Boston&#39;s most grueling stretch of their playoff drive. Instead, the Red Sox had won 16 of 17 going into yesterday, had cut eight games
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At the stroke of midnight last night, the Red Sox reached a milestone as one of their best pitchers since Cy Young and their best catcher since Carlton Fisk led 14 teammates into full-blown free agency.
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These idiots can play after all. After winning two error-filled games in spite of themselves, the Boston Red Sox improved their defense and won pretty, for a change, beating the St. Louis Cardinals 4-1 to move within one victory of their first World Series title since 1918.
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David Ortiz hit a game-ending, three-run homer in the ninth inning Monday night to give the Boston Red Sox a 9-8 win over the Cleveland Indians that kept them in sole possession of first place in the AL East.
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A three-hitter over eight innings by Tim Wakefield helped Boston secure a 6-1 win over Detroit and make it 12 wins in the last 13 matches at Fenway Park.
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Tim Wakefield pitched eight strong innings and the Boston Red Sox moved a season-high 15 games over .500 with a 6-4 win over the Toronto Blue Jays on Wednesday night.
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Manny Ramirez banged a ball off his knee. Keith Foulke had a stiff back. Neither was available at the end of the game, and yet the Boston Red Sox keep winning.
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Tim Wakefield allowed three hits in eight innings yesterday as the Red Sox won their sixth straight game, beating the Detroit Tigers, 6-1, at Fenway Park.
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Mike Lowell drives in five runs to lead Boston's revived hitting and the Red Sox cut their magic number to clinch the AL East title to two by beating the A's.
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Carl Everett homered and drove in four runs, leading the Chicago White Sox to a 14-9 victory over the fading Cleveland Indians on Thursday night.
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Johnny Damon drove in the winning run with a bloop single in the top of the ninth inning as the Boston Red Sox rallied to edge the New York Yankees 3-2 in an American League East showdown at Yankee Stadium on Friday.
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Red Sox win a six-hour epic over the Yankees, while the Astros take a 3-2 lead over St Louis.
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Not since Babe Ruth was pitching for Boston had the Red Sox won a pair of games like this. Josh Beckett held the punchless Kansas City Royals to four hits over eight innings and Manny Ramirez homered Wednesday, leading Boston to its second consecutive 1-0 victory.
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Red Sox 11, Athletics 6. Seventeen Boston hits. Fun for all on a nice, hot, late September evening. The magic number is down to 2. It could all be over tonight.
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Those Red Sox managers just never learn. With an eerie similarity to last year's postseason debacle, Pedro Martinez took a lead into the eighth inning before tiring and the New York Yankees rallied past Boston 6-4 Friday night to open a 5 1/2-game advantage in the AL East.
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Boston beat the Yankees 4-2 as the AL play-off goes all the way to game seven.