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Closer Koji Uehara pitched in the ninth inning as the Red Sox try to protect their lead.

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The Red Sox called on John Lackey in the eighth inning to protect their lead.

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The Cardinals' Matt Adams was thrown out at first base in the eighth inning.

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Quintin Berry stole second base in the eighth inning as the Red Sox seek to add to their lead.

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Matt Carpenter drove in Shane Robinson (pictured) in the seventh, but the Red Sox still held the lead at the end of the inning.

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Red Sox manager John Farrell pulled Craig Breslow out of the game in the seventh inning.

Jonny Gomes hit a three-run homer in the sixth inning, giving the Red Sox a 4-1 lead.

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Jonny Gomes hit a three-run homer in the sixth inning, giving the Red Sox the lead.

Xander Bogaerts, David Ortiz, and Dustin Pedroia congratulated Jonny Gomes on his three-run homer in the sixth inning.

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Xander Bogaerts, David Ortiz, and Dustin Pedroia congratulated Gomes.

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David Ross tugged Gomes's beard in the dugout.

David Ortiz slid to home plate and scored a run for the Red Sox. The game was tied at the end of the top of the inning.

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Ortiz slid to home plate and scored a run for the Red Sox. The game was tied, 1-1, at the end of the top of the fifth inning.

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Carlos Beltran's line drive scored Matt Carpenter (right), and the Cardinals took a 1-0 lead in the third inning.

World Series Game 4 | replay

Red Sox tie World Series

Closer Koji Uehara picked off Kolten Wong at first base to end Game 4 with a 4-2 win for the Red Sox. Globe reporters provided live updates from Busch Stadium.

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Game 4 of the World Series

Globe staff photographers are catching the action as the Red Sox take on the Cardinals for Game 4 of the World Series at Busch Stadium.

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Getting ready for Game 4

Take a look at pregame activities from Busch Stadium in St. Louis as the fans and the teams prepared for Game 4 of the World Series.

Philip Wheeler arrives just as Tom Brady is throwing a 14-yard TD pass to Aaron Dobson.

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on football

Tom Brady’s throwing appears to be hand-cuffed

Something is obviously wrong with the Patriots quarterback’s throwing hand — specifically his middle or ring finger.

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Patriots rally to defeat Dolphins

The Patriots turned the game around in the third quarter with two touchdowns as they rallied from a 14-point deficit to win in Foxborough.

Mourners remember slain teacher

Colleen Ritzer, the Danvers High School math teacher who was killed Tuesday, was remembered in church services and at a wake.

Opinion

JOANNA WEISS

Trash or treat

Halloween has shifted from a celebration of do-it-yourself creativity to yet another opportunity for people to look good.

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Critic’s Notebook

A singular message: We’re on our own

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Why I bought the Globe

A sign of support stands near Warren Street, where candidate John R. Connolly talked about violence in the city and who is trying to do something about it — and who is not.

Connolly determined to address urban ills

A bilingual Walsh campaign sign hung Thursday in a storefront on Washington Street in Egleston Square. Walsh says the area has challenges that he could address as mayor.

Martin Walsh wants ‘pride’ restored

Allen Craig trips over Will Middlebrooks at third base. Obstruction was called, and Craig scored the winning run.

Dan Shaughnessy

Red Sox lose an Instant Classic

Dr. Sheldon Randall denies the state’s allegations and has appealed.

Obesity surgeon’s license suspended

John Scott, who has five career points, knows the reason he’s in the league.

Sunday Hockey Notes

Plenty of blame to go around with Sabres

Chameise Few, 21, is working to complete her high school diploma at Boston Adult Technical Academy. After graduating next year, she hopes to go on to college and become a nurse.

Knowledge economy leaves some behind

Neko Case’s new “The Worse Things Get, the Harder I Fight, the Harder I Fight, the More I Love You” is her most personal album to date.

Neko Case continues to be uncategorizable

Daniel Radcliffe (pictured at the Toronto film festival) portrays Allen Ginsberg in “Kill Your Darlings.”

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Radcliffe plays Ginsberg in ‘Darlings’

Noah Wilson-Rich maintains, delivers, and installs beehives at his company, Best Bees Co.

On the Job

His firm helps keep Boston buzzing

A handwritten IOU was found during renovations at XV Beacon.

Why leave for luxury when XV Beacon beckons?

World Series

Red Sox Notebook

Clay Buchholz did his usual pre-start work Saturday, which included throwing off the mound. That was his final hurdle for being cleared to pitch.

Ailing Clay Buchholz will give it a go for Red Sox

Buchholz will start Game 4 Sunday night against the Cardinals. Beyond that, nothing is certain.

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The making of a coach

Brad Stevens’s high school days in Zionsville, Ind., looked like scenes from the movie “Hoosiers,” though it was the 1990s.

Brad Stevens was immersed in the game in Indiana

When Brad Stevens was growing up, it was Hoosier Hysteria at its finest. This is where the game took hold of the future Celtics coach.

Boston mayoral race

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Politics

Annalise Cooper, 3, hugged mayoral candidate Martin Walsh as her mother, Julia Mejia of Dorchester, looked on.

Mayoral candidates rally troops as election nears

John Connolly and Martin Walsh spent long hours at forums, house parties, and major afternoon rallies on Saturday.

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Students walked in front of a make-shift memorial at Danvers High School.

Mother of Danvers murder suspect speaks out

The mother of 14-year-old Philip Chism, who is charged with killing his math teacher, said her “heart is broken” for the victim’s family.

Columnists

Christopher L. Gasper

Sox at a loss to figure out Game 3 defeat

JEFF JACOBY

Saudi Arabia’s message to Obama

Mayor Menino received an honorary degree from Harvard earlier this year.

JOAN VENNOCHI

Menino’s next job could taint his legacy

Gemvara, an online jewelry retailer, is opening a temporary brick-and-mortar showroom on Newbury Street in Boston’s Back Bay.