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Article: Red Sox Essentially Pull Even
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- The Washington Post
- Article date:
- September 16, 2008
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Red Sox 13, Rays 5
-- David Ortiz, Mike Lowell, Jason Bay, Jason Varitek, Kevin
Youkilis and, finally, Jacoby Ellsbury.
Home run by home run, the surging Boston Red Sox pulled closer to
first place in the AL East with a 13-5 victory over the division-
leading Tampa Bay Rays and all-star Scott Kazmir on Monday night.
The defending World Series champions won for the first time in
seven games at Tropicana Field this season, climbing within
percentage points (.002) of the Rays for the first time in two
months.
The Rays (88-60) went 21-7 in August and were a season-high 51/2
games up on Boston heading into September. They are 4-9 this month,
with six of the losses coming against the Red Sox and ...