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It's crunch time as they say! The Boston Red Sox is heading into the next game hoping to end the season with a winning note as they hope Tampay Bay would go the wrong way. Currently both teams are tied by the way of Tampa Bay's win over the New York Yankees. I they remain so after Wednesday’s season finales, they will meet in a one-game playoff Thursday at
Tropicana Field.
The Red Sox maintained a share of the AL wild-card lead Tuesday night, using
four home runs to beat the Baltimore Orioles 8-7 and set up a dramatic
conclusion to the regular season. Rebounding from a luck-luster performance this month, the skidding Rex Sox edge the last place Orioles.
Rookie Ryan Lavarnway hits his first two major league homers after being thrust into the lineup because of
injuries to catchers Jarrod Saltalamacchia (sore collarbone) and Jason Varitek (knee). Lavarnway hit a three-run drive in the fourth inning and added a solo shot for an
8-4 lead in the eighth. Jacoby Ellsbury and Marco Scutaro also connected for Boston, which scored
all its runs on home runs. Alfredo Aceves (10-2) pitched 3 2-3 innings of three-hit relief for the Red
Sox, who survived homers from Baltimore’s Matt Wieters and Adam Jones. After the Orioles scored twice in the eighth off Daniel Bard to make it 8-6,
Jonathan Papelbon survived a hectic ninth for his 31st save. Wieters drove in a
run with a grounder and Baltimore had the potential tying run at second with two
outs before Jones grounded out on a 3-2 pitch. Lavarnway connected on a 3-2 pitch in the fourth following singles by Ortiz
and Adrian Gonzalez. Wieters answered in the bottom half with his 22nd home run,
the second in two nights, to make it 5-3. A triple by Carl Crawford and Scutaro’s homer off Jason Berken made it 7-3
in the sixth. Jones led off the bottom half with a homer off Aceves. On a lighter note: for the second
time in two nights, play was interrupted when a fan ran onto the field.
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