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Red Sox win Game 3 by razor's edge; ALCS advantage feels bigger

So much can still change. So much changes, it seems, in every game. But for now, Boston has earned its 2-1 lead. The Red Sox won this one with a hitter who
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Red Sox win Game 3 by razor's edge; ALCS advantage feels bigger
Red Sox win Game 3 by razor's edge; ALCS advantage feels bigger

So much can still change. So much changes, it seems, in every game. But for now, Boston has earned its 2-1 lead. The Red Sox won this one with a hitter who was supposed to be an injury risk, and a pitcher who was supposed to be a pitching risk, and now they are two wins away from the World Series.

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Michael Rosenberg
MICHAEL ROSENBERG

Michael Rosenberg is a senior writer for Sports Illustrated, covering any and all sports. He writes columns, profiles and feature stories and has covered almost every major sporting event. He joined SI in 2012 after working at the Detroit Free Press for 13 years, eight of them as a columnist. Rosenberg is the author of “War As They Knew It: Woody Hayes, Bo Schembechler and America in a Time of Unrest.” Several of his stories also have been published in collections of the year’s best sportswriting. He is married with three children.

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