Just about an hour after learning his team's playoff hopes were over, Boston Red Sox manager Terry Francona watched as his bullpen blew a late-inning lead. Paul Konerko tied the game in the eighth inning with a run-scoring double and Dayan Viciedo won it with a pinch-hit RBI single in the ninth as the Chicago White Sox rallied for a 5-4 victory Tuesday night.

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Freddy Garcia wants one last start like this one to take a strong 2010 finish into the offseason. Omar Vizquel hit a go-ahead single in Chicago's three-run seventh inning and the White Sox backed Garcia in a 5-2 win over the Boston Red Sox on Wednesday night. After missing nearly three weeks with a sore back before returning Sept.

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Gather 'round, because it's time to recap the most recent diamond doings. Roll Call starts in Atlanta…

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The New York Yankees clinched their 15th postseason berth in the last 16 years and CC Sabathia got his 21st win of the season, beating the Toronto Blue Jays 6-1 on Tuesday night.

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The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim will lose about $10 million this year and, at 76-80, are likely going to have…

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Clay Buchholz outpitched Mark Buehrle and the Boston Red Sox beat the Chicago White Sox 6-1 Monday night, postponing a pair of clinching parties for their AL East rivals.

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AccuScore uses past performance statistics to describe how players perform under different environmental,…

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It was a night like so many others between the Yankees and Red Sox, back and forth, a bruising battle in which neither team would give in. Alex Rodriguez hit a dramatic, go-ahead home run. Then, Mariano Rivera blew a save. And then, Jonathan Papelbon blew one. Finally, Juan Miranda drew a bases-loaded walk from Hideki Okajima in the 10th inning that gave New York a dramatic 4-3 win over Boston on…

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Jon Lester thought about the standings and realized the hole the Boston Red Sox are in — 51/2 games behind the New York Yankees in the AL wild-card race with just eight games to play. Difficult. Unlikely. But not impossible. Especially with four more games against the Yankees. "We've got a chance," he said Saturday after taking a no-hit bid into the sixth inning and leading the Red Sox…

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The Texas Rangers clinched the AL West title Saturday and their first playoff berth in 11 years, beating the Oakland Athletics 4-3 on Jorge Cantu’s tiebreaking homer in the eighth inning.

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