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Vikings' Asher Allen retires at age 24
BOSTON, May 5 (UPI) -- A three-run double by David Ortiz in the sixth inning Friday night helped Boston beat the Baltimore Orioles, 6-3.
Mike Lowell hit three doubles and scored two runs; and Kevin Youkilis had two hits, scored twice and knocked in one for the Red Sox (17-12), who have a nine-game winning streak against Baltimore.
Winner Curt Schilling (5-1) gave up three runs and eight hits over seven innings with no walks and five strikeouts.
Boston has won three of its last four games.
Nick Markakis, Jay Gibbons and Brandon Fahey each had an RBI; Markakis, Melvin Mora and ex-Red Sox' DH Kevin Millar had two hits for the Orioles (14-17), who have dropped three in a row six of their last seven games.
Loser Rodrigo Lopez (1-4) gave up five runs and nine hits in 5 2/3 innings. He walked two and struck out four.
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla., May 31 (UPI) --
Jacksonville, Fla., officials say a letter to the Jacksonville Jaguars owner accusing him of defaulting on his contract was the result of a "misunderstanding."
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NEW YORK, May 31 (UPI) --
Actor Michael McKean, who was hit by a car last week while walking in New York, says he has been discharged from St. Luke's Hospital.
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BALTIMORE, May 31 (UPI) --
U.S. astronomers are forecasting the Milky Way will have a violent collision with the neighboring Andromeda galaxy in about 4 billion years.
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CLEVELAND, May 31 (UPI) --
Cleveland prosecutors have dropped their case against a man who was ticketed for littering when he dropped a dollar he was attempting to give a disabled person.
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