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Loretta comes through in a pinch

 
Pinch hitter Mark Loretta's run-scoring single drove in the go-ahead run with two outs in the eighth and knocked his former team out of first place as the Astros beat Boston 3-2 Sunday afternoon in front of a sellout crowd at Minute Maid Park. (link)

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