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Papi Continues His Renaissance

Found June 25, 2009 on Mighty Quinn Media Machine:
PLAYERS: Jon Lester,  Elijah Dukes,  Nick Green,  Dustin Pedroia,  David Ortiz,  Jason Varitek,  Justin Masterson,  Hideki Okajima,  Ronnie Belliard,  Jonathan Papelbon,  John Smoltz
TEAMS: Boston Red Sox,  Washington Nationals

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The Nats gave the Red Sox another good game at Nationals Park last night. Washington took an early 1-0 lead in the second off Jon Lester, which included a fluke single by Elijah Dukes, in which the bat and ball arrived at Nick Green at short at the same time. Fortunately, he was able to avoid the bat. It landed in the outfield with the broken part of it in the grass and the bat standing straight up. Very weird.Craig Stammen retired the first nine hitters before Dustin Pedroia doubled down the left field line. I was watching the game on the Nats feed last night and they speculated that the second time around the lineup for Stammen would be the true test. And the Red Sox responded. With two on and two out, Stammen hung a changeup to David Ortiz on 3 and 2 and the old Papi responded by crushing the pitch to dead center to put the Red Sox out front to stay. It sounded like Fenway Park as the ball sailed over the wall, as I'd bet more than half the fans last night were from Red Sox N...
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