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Derek Jeter records RBI infield single in final career at-bat

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Derek Jeter's 20-year MLB career came to a close Sunday in Boston against the Red Sox. Yankees manager Joe Girardi pulled Jeter from the game after an RBI infield single in the fifth inning. 

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- Dan Gartland