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Article: ALCS GAME 2 / RAYS 9, RED SOX 8 Tampa Bay knots series with 11- inning thriller

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October 12, 2008
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St. Petersburg, Fla. -- Those who ventured to Tropicana Field expecting to see a pitching duel Saturday night between Tampa Bay's Scott Kazmir and Boston's Josh Beckett got a rude awakening.

But not as rude as the barrage unleashed on Kazmir and Beckett.

It was bombs away for both teams in Game 2 of the American League Championship Series, a slugfest-turned-marathon won by the Rays, 9- 8, on B.J. Upton's sacrifice fly with one down in the bottom of the 11th.

Tampa Bay's victory, which tied the series, 1-1, lasted 5 hours, 27 minutes. The series moves to Boston for Game 3, scheduled to be played at 3:37 p.m. Monday.

The winning rally began when Dioner Navarro drew a leadoff walk from Boston ...

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