Red Sox Take Control of AL Wild-Card Race
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The surging Boston Red Sox have seized control of the AL wild-card race &#151; 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 &#151; the Red Sox's season-high ninth straight win.
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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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When it began, the Red Sox were 5 1/2 games behind the Yankees in the American League East and tied with Anaheim for the wild-card lead.
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The Boston Red Sox crushed the Cleveland Indians 11-2 at Fenway Park on Sunday to advance to the World Series after taking the ALCS by a 4-3 margin with the Game Seven victory.
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The Red Sox are trying to keep up their momentum tonight at Fenway Park in Game Two of the World Series. Boston scored two runs in the bottom of the fourth inning.
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The Boston Red Sox have looked at the postseason from both sides now. Their next task will be to prevent the other guys from joining them in the epic comeback category.
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Jon Lieber stopped the charging Boston Red Sox in what could turn out to be a key game in the AL East race. Lieber no-hit the Red Sox until David Ortiz's two-out home run in the seventh inning, and the New York Yankees beat up on Derek Lowe in a 14-4 win Saturday that restored their division lead to 3 1/2 games.
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A victory at Coors Field in Game 3 of the World Series brings the Red Sox to the brink of its second title in four years.
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With the victory, the Yankees gained ground on the Boston Red Sox in the A.L. East and extended their lead in the wild-card race to three and a half games over the Tigers.
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Mike Lowell drove in five runs to lead Boston's revived hitting attack and the Red Sox cut their magic number to clinch the AL East title to two with an 11-6 win over the Oakland Athletics on Wednesday.
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C.C. Sabathia gave up hits to the first two batters he faced &#151; one of them a homer &#151; before buckling down and knocking the Chicago White Sox farther behind in the AL wild card race.
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BOSTON - This self-proclaimed band of idiots is going to play for the pennant. David Ortiz homered in the 10th inning to send the Boston Red Sox into their second consecutive AL championship series, completing a three-game sweep of the Anaheim Angels with an 8-6 victory Friday...
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Pedro Martinez pitched seven shutout innings and Manny Ramirez hit a home run as the Boston Red Sox beat the St. Louis Cardinals 4-1 Tuesday, moving to the brink of their first World Series title since 1918.
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(New York-AP) Oct. 20, 2004 - For the second straight year, the New York Yankees and the Boston Red Sox will go to a seventh game, a winner-take-all battle for the American League pennant.
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Curt Schilling won his major league leading 18th game and David Ortiz hit his 35th home run as the Boston Red Sox edged the Texas Rangers 6-5 in American League at Fenway Park Sunday.
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Mark Bellhorn cracked an eighth-inning,  game-winning homer as the Boston Red Sox fended off the "Curse  of the Bambino" and the St. Louis Cardinals 11-9 to get the  100th World Series off to a wild start Saturday.