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Red Sox take on the Astros in ALCS Game 2 at Fenway Park
The Red Sox are hoping to salvage a split when they take on the Astros tonight at Fenway Park in Game 2 of their American League Championship Series.
TARA SULLIVAN
There?s nothing to suggest Cora won?t have his magic touch back in Game 2. But it?s not unfair to wonder if this is the end of the charmed road.
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The Red Sox are hoping to salvage a split when they take on the Astros tonight at Fenway Park in Game 2 of their American League Championship Series.
DAN SHAUGHNESSY
The lefty is 0-9 as a starter in the postseason, and he?s headed to the mound for Sunday?s pivotal Game 2.
Alex Speier
?I didn?t get the job done,? the Red Sox star said after Boston lost Game 1 of the ALCS.
CHIEFS AT PATRIOTS | 8:20 P.M. (NBC)
The Patriots will face a test as they take on the only undefeated team remaining in the AFC.
NORA PRINCIOTTI
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