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ALCS notes: Red Sox bullpen trumping Rays'

Oct. 19, 2008
Fla. - Going into the American League Championship Series, the feeling was that Tampa Bay might have a slight edge in the bullpen, even though Boston has playoff-perfect Jonathan Papelbon. In the Red Sox's Games 5 and 6 victories, however, Boston's relievers...
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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., Oct. 21 (UPI) -- The World Series, first played 105 years ago, will open Wednesday in the home park of a team that before this season had never won more games than it had lost.
MLB: Tampa Bay 3, Boston 1

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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., Oct. 20 (UPI) -- Tampa Bay's Matt Garza and four relievers held Boston to three hits and the Rays beat the Red Sox 3-1 Sunday to win the ALCS and move on to the World Series.

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CHICAGO, Oct. 16 (UPI) -- A frustrated Chicago Cubs fan who attempted to auction off his loyalty online says he has received a fan-support offer from the Boston Red Sox.

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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., Oct. 11 (UPI) -- Clutch pitching from Daisuke Matsuzaka and Justin Masterson Friday brought the Boston Red Sox a 2-0 win over Tampa Bay in Game 1 of the AL Championship Series.
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MLB: Boston 3, LA Angels 2

BOSTON, Oct. 6 (UPI) -- Jed Lowrie's game-winning RBI single in the ninth Monday enabled the Boston Red Sox to advance to the AL Championship Series with a 3-2 win over the LA Angels.
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MLB: Tampa Bay 6, Chicago White Sox 2

CHICAGO, Oct. 6 (UPI) -- B.J. Upton hit two solo homers Monday to lead the Tampa Bay Rays to a 6-2 win over the Chicago White Sox and their first berth in an AL Championship Series.

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MLB: Boston 7, LA Angels 5

ANAHEIM, Calif., Oct. 4 (UPI) -- J.D. Drew's two-run homer in the ninth inning Friday lifted Boston to a 7-5 victory over Los Angeles -- the Red Sox' 11th straight playoff win over the Angels.

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MLB: N.Y. Yankees at Boston, ppd., rain

BOSTON, Sept. 27 (UPI) -- Saturday's contest between the New York Yankees and the Red Sox was postponed because of rain at Boston's Fenway Park.

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BOSTON, Sept. 24 (UPI) -- Mark Kotsay doubled home the go-ahead run in the eighth inning Wednesday and Boston went on to edge Cleveland 5-4.

MLB: Boston 5, Cleveland 4

BOSTON, Sept. 23 (UPI) -- Kevin Youkilis hit a two-run homer and Jason Bay a key RBI single Tuesday to carry the Boston Red Sox into a post-season berth with a 5-4 win over Cleveland.

MLB: Boston 3, Toronto 0

TORONTO, Sept. 21 (UPI) -- Daisuke Matsuzaka combined with two relievers on a three-hit shutout Sunday in the Boston Red Sox' 3-0 win over the Toronto Blue Jays.

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TORONTO, Sept. 19 (UPI) -- Jonathan Papelbon finished off three innings of one-hit relief pitching Friday that preserved Boston's 4-3 victory over Toronto.
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Vietnam Veterans Memorial Commemorated in Washington
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A U.S. Air Force B-52 flies over the Vietnam Veterans Memorial during commemoration of 50th anniversary of the war on May 28, 2012 in Washington, DC. President Barack Obama is at the base of the wall left center. More than 58,000 names of the servicemen who were killed or missing in the war are engraved on The Wall. The B-52 bomber was used extensively during the Vietnam War. UPI/Pat Benic