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Rivera lets blooper fall in 9th as Angels fail to finish off charging Red Sox

Associated Press

Wednesday, September 16, 2009

BOSTON -- Los Angeles Angels closer Brian Fuentes thinks he's figured out why the Red Sox have been so successful at home. After two questionable calls kept the Red Sox alive with two outs in the ninth, Alex Gonzalez hit a game-winning blooper down the left-field line to give Boston a 9-8 victory over the Angels on Wednesday night -- the seventh consecutive win for the Red Sox and their 10th in a row at Fenway Park. That left Fuentes wondering aloud whether the umpires were too "timid" or "sca ...

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