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Pedro MartÃ­nez hardly had to outpitch Tim Hudson. Hudson, Oakland&#39;s All-Star right-hander, staked Boston to a huge lead himself.
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OAKLAND, Calif. David Ortiz hit a solo homer and had four RBI&#39;s as Boston slammed Oakland 8-to-3. Mark Kotsay hit a pair of solo homers to put the A&#39;s ahead to stay.
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Pedro Martinez pitched seven strong innings to end his losing streak and lead the Boston Red Sox to an 8-3 victory over the Anaheim Angels in the second game of an American League Division series on Wednesday.
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In a game that mirrored the season, the New York Yankees bounced back. Alex Rodriguez capped a six-run eighth inning with a tiebreaking single off Jonathan Papelbon, and the Yankees overcame a five-run deficit to beat the Boston Red Sox 8-7 Friday night.
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Oakland Athletics reach the American League Championship Series with a 3-0 play-off win over the Minnesota Twins.
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Curt Schilling gave up nine doubles and a homer, and the Kansas City Royals rallied for three runs in the eighth inning to beat the Boston Red Sox 5-4 Thursday night for a surprising three-game sweep.
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Tadahito Iguchi tied it with a two-out, two-run homer, and Jim Thome celebrated his return to the lineup with a go-ahead single as the White Sox scored three in the eighth and beat the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, 5-4, last night in Chicago.
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Pedro Martinez came out to start the eighth inning against the Yankees and promptly coughed up a lead. His night was over after serving up five runs over 7 1/3 innings, and the Yankees wound up dealing the Red Sox a crushing blow.
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Esteban Loaiza outpitches Jon Garland with seven innings of three-hit ball, and the Athletics opened a key homestand with a 4-2 victory over the White Sox on Friday night.
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Johnny Damon hit a three-run homer and Manny Ramirez a two-run homer Monday to lead the Boston Red Sox to a 7-3 win over the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.
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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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David Ortiz&#39;s two-run homer in the bottom of the 10th inning gave the Boston Red Sox an 8-6 win over the Anaheim Angels and a 3-0 sweep of their American League Divisional Series Friday.
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It wasn't the eighth inning of a Game 7 in Yankee Stadium with the Sox clinging to a lead, but it was close.
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NEW YORK - Jon Lieber took a shutout into the eighth inning and John Olerud backed him with a two-run homer in the sixth off Pedro Martinez as the Yankees beat the Red Sox 3-1 Wednesday night for a 2-0 lead in their AL championship series rematch. In the National League series opener Wednesday night, Albert Pujols homered early, Larry Walker delivered three key hits and the St...
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Derek Lowe pitched effectively into the eighth inning, and the Boston Red Sox took control of the American League wild-card race Thursday night by beating the
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Johnny Damon had two home runs including a grand slam to lead the Boston Red Sox to a 10-3 win over the New York Yankees Wednesday night in the deciding game for the American League pennant. The Red Sox became the first team to lose the first three games of a seven game series and then win the next four.
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Barry Zito outpitched Curt Schilling on a day the Boston ace became the 14th pitcher with 3,000 career strikeouts, Mark Ellis and Bobby Kielty each hit solo home runs and the Oakland Athletics beat the Red Sox 7-2 Wednesday to complete a three-game sweep.