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With their 5-0 win over the Red Sox, the Blue Jays moved into second place in the AL East. “Guys are taking a lot of pride in this, trying to finish ahead of the Red Sox,” winning pitcher Shaun Marcum said. The Red Sox have come in second behind the Yankees for eight straight seasons.
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Bobby Abreu must really love playing the Devil Rays. The right fielder had four of the Yankees’ 20 hits, including a three-run homer and a run-scoring single in New York’s 16-1 win. He had a career-high seven RBIs when the Yankees beat Tampa Bay 12-4 on Sept. 12.
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Jim Edmonds, who had been out with head-aches, nausea, dizziness and blurred vision due to post-concussion syndrome, hit a three-run, pinch-hit homer in his first at-bat since Aug. 26. Edmonds’ blast helped St. Louis erase a 5-1 deficit to San Diego in the fourth, but . . .
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. . . the Cardinals still lost their sixth in a row and saw their lead in the N.L. Central cut to 2 1/2 games over the Astros, who beat the Phillies 5-4. St. Louis led by seven games before its skid, but its magic number remained at five for the third straight game.
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Tom Glavine knows exactly what he wants to do in his last tuneup for the postseason. “I just want to have better command than I did tonight,” he said. “There isn’t a whole lot more to work on.” The Mets lefty had some uncharacteristically wild in his first defeat since Aug. 16.
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The Yankees’ big night at the plate was overshadowed by postgame news about Randy Johnson’s back. The team announced that Johnson will miss his final regular-season start because of back spasms. “Get it taken care of and get ready for the postseason,” Johnson said.
