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Angels top BoSox in 12, trail series 2-1 (AP)
Angels top BoSox in 12, trail series 2-1 (AP)
Francisco Rodriguez's biggest save of a record-breaking season came in a tie game. Rodriguez wriggled out of a bases-loaded jam in the 10th inning, Mike Napoli hit two early homers before scoring the go-ahead run in the 12th and the Los Angeles Angels avoided another playoff sweep by beating the Boston Red Sox 5-4 on Sunday night in a game that lasted 5 hours, 19 minutes.
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PHILLY TO NLCS; WHITE SOX, ANGELS STAY ALIVE
With Leather - Sports news and gossip, panda sex, and the occasional Toonces the driving cat Photoshop — ... Angels 5, Red Sox 4 (12 innings) — Mike Napoli homered twice, then scored the go-ahead run in the 12th as the Angels kept their season alive and snapped their 11-game postseason losing streak to the Red Sox.  Jon Lester and John Lackey will encore their Game 1 duel tonight in Fenway, where the douchometers will be reading off the charts. ...

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