Champions again

Barry Chin / Globe Staff

The Red Sox completed an improbable worst-to-first run at Fenway tonight, pounding their way to a Game 6 victory against the Cardinals to claim the World Series championship.

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Scenes from Game 6

Globe photographers are capturing the action at Fenway during tonight’s game.

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Game 6, by the numbers

A pitch-by-pitch recap of every at bat, updated live throughout the game.

Eager fans congregate with dreams of Series win

Red Sox fans packed the areas near Fenway Park to see the first championship at home since 1918.

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The buzz around Fenway

Excited fans gathered at Fenway for Game 6 of the World Series.

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Trick-or-treating for posterity

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Galleries

Uplifting show from ‘the bottom rung’

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DINING out

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Cheap Eats

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John Lackey laughed during a press conference at Fenway Park on Tuesday.

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Red Sox at Fenway on Tuesday

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Toronto Raptors guard DeMar DeRozan drives to the basket against Boston Celtics forward Kris Humphries.

Raptors 93, Celtics 87

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Referee Eric Furlatt, left, broke up a fight between Boston Bruins' Torey Krug and Pittsburgh Penguins' Sidney Crosby during the second period.

Penguins 3, Bruins 2

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Boston mayoral race

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