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Red Sox coast into playoffs with 12-7 win

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Story Created: Oct 4, 2009 at 4:11 PM EST

Story Updated: Oct 4, 2009 at 4:11 PM EST


BOSTON (AP) - J.D. Drew homered twice, and Jed Lowrie hit his
first career grand slam on Sunday and the Boston Red Sox headed
into the playoffs with a 12-7 victory over the Cleveland Indians.

Lowrie's homer made it 12-6 in the sixth inning, but it cost
David Ortiz his best chance at reaching 100 RBIs for the sixth time
in seven years. Ortiz, who was batting .185 with one homer and 18
RBIs on June 1, finished with 28 homers and 99 RBIs for the season.

The loss was the last in Cleveland for manager Eric Wedge, who
was fired on Wednesday with six games left in the season. The
Indians went 1-5 to finish out his tenure, finishing with a
club-record 15 consecutive road losses.

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