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Composure, maybe playoffs, slipping away from Red Sox.
After two costly mistakes, the Los Angeles Angels needed a
perfect play to save the game. For once, their typically sparkling
defense wasn't up to the task.
Jacoby Ellsbury hit an inside-the-park homer and Conor Jackson
added a grand slam to cap a much-needed offensive outburst that
helped the Boston Red Sox split their doubleheader with the
Baltimore Orioles on Monday and stop, for now, their slide in the
AL wild-card race.
Jesus Montero broke a fifth-inning tie with his first major
league home run, then hit a two-run drive in the seventh to help
the New York Yankees outlast the Baltimore Orioles 11-10 Monday for
their fifth straight win.
All-Star David Price pitched six solid innings and Ben Zobrist
hit his fifth career grand slam, helping the Tampa Bay Rays tighten
the AL East standings with a 9-6 victory Friday night that snapped
first-place Boston's six-game winning streak.
Two-time All-Star Hank Blalock has agreed to a minor league
contract with the Tampa Bay Rays.
