Red Sox lock up playoff spot
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The Boston Red Sox clinched their second straight trip to the playoffs, rallying past the Tampa Bay Devil Rays 7-3 Monday night behind Manny Ramirez&#39;s AL-leading 43rd home run.
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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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Red Sox Nation had a muster last night at Fenway Park, priming the pump of its seemingly bottomless support for a team that will begin the playoffs today in search of a World Series championship that has eluded the city since the end of World War I.
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Divisional realignment in Central Mass has succeeded in creating playoff fever, with a multitude of teams elbowing for postseason berths.
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The surging Boston Red Sox have seized control of the AL wild-card race - with an eye on winning their division. Derek Lowe (13-10) pitched effectively into the eighth inning and Boston completed a three-game sweep of the Anaheim Angels with a 4-3 victory Thursday night - the Red Sox's season-high ninth straight win...
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Oakland, Anaheim and Texas are still battling with a week to go for what is likely to be the final spot in the AL playoffs. With Minnesota having clinched its third consecutive AL Central title, the New York Yankees heading toward a seventh straight first-place finish in the AL East and Boston comfortably ahead in the wild-card race, the West figures to attract the most interest in the final week of the regular season...
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BOSTON (Ticker) -- David Ortiz gave the Boston Red Sox a little life in the American League Championship Series, forcing a Game Five vs.
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The Red Sox waited at home plate for David Ortiz to circle the bases. It's becoming a familiar scene in Boston. Ortiz hit a two-run homer in the 12th inning Sunday night to give the Red Sox a 6-4 victory over the New York Yankees and send the AL championship series to a fifth game.
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ANAHEIM - Pedro Martinez did his part, the bullpen did theirs and now the Boston Red Sox are heading home with a big lead in the AL playoffs.
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RED SOX 7, RAYS 3: Scott Kazmir, pitching brilliantly, is tossed after two HBPs as Boston snags a playoff spot. By DAMIAN CRISTODERO, Times Staff Writer.
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The Red Sox have the best record in baseball and a commanding 6 1/2-game lead in the AL East. But don't think for a moment they're going to get complacent. On the contrary &#151; they're showing plenty of fight.
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There are few things more important in the playoffs than a well-functioning bullpen, and it's obvious if the Red Sox don't get back to that state, they'll be out of the playoffs sooner than they would like.
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Josh Beckett, Dustin Pedroia and the Boston Red Sox were revved up and ready. Not so the Colorado Rockies, who showed up in Beantown looking rusty not rested.
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(Sports Network) - Two of the top teams in the American League tangle in a possible American League Division Series preview tonight, as the West-leading Oakland Athletics host the wild card-leading Boston Red Sox for the first of a three-game set at the
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BOSTON - The Boston Red Sox will try to become the first team to advance to a league championship series Friday when they face the Anaheim Angels in Game 3 of the AL Division Series at Fenway Park. The Red Sox lead the best-of-five series 2-0 and are attempting to sweep a postseason series for the first time since they beat Oakland for the AL pennant in 1975...
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Manny Ramirez belted his  league-leading 43rd homer and Johnny Damon hit a three-run shot  as the Boston Red Sox clinched a playoff spot with a 7-3 win  over the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in St Petersburg on Monday.
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A pulled hamstring or booted grounder might not be the only factor that could help decide baseball&#39;s playoff chase. Contenders such as the Florida Marlins, Chicago Cubs, New York