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2021 MLB playoffs: Takeaways, best moments and plays from Friday's
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Red Sox get 1st series victory in month, win 11-3 at Texas
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Friday's MLB: Cards' Pujols hits 700th career home run, 4th to
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Rays win 12th straight to start season, 1 shy of MLB record
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Whitlock shuts down Angels as Red Sox win third straight
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Red Sox back Paxton with 3 home runs and snap their 5-game skid
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Brayan Bello tosses 6 shutout innings, gets first big league win
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Alex Verdugo hits leadoff homer for third straight game
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Red Sox's Verdugo crushes his third leadoff home run in three