Xander Bogaerts two-run double in extras delivers Red Sox 6-5 comeback win over Yankees

After erasing a 3-1 deficit, Boston Red Sox shortstop Xander Bogaerts drove in the go-ahead run with a sacrifice fly in the eighth, but the New York Yankees were able to knot things up and send it to extra innings. Bogaerts struck again in the 10th with a two-run double that put the game away, 6-5, in Boston’s favor. The win gave the Red Sox a three-game sweep over their hated rivals.

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Jesse Winker blasts three homers, drives in six to finish Reds’ sweep of Cardinals, 8-7

Cincinnati Reds slugger Jesse Winker hit three home runs and drove in six as the Reds narrowly held on to beat the St. Louis Cardinals, 8-7, on Sunday afternoon to complete a four-game sweep. St. Louis erased a 7-0 lead only for Winker’s third home run, a solo shot, to be the difference in the 8-7 win.

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