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Indians 5, Red Sox 4
Porcello allowed three home runs in the third inning as the Indians held off the Sox.
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Box score
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Play-by-play
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DAN SHAUGHNESSY
Do you trust the Red Sox starters?Their postseason numbers are not good, and Rick Porcello?s Game 1 start did not help.
Noah Syndergaard summed up baseball perfectly in one tweetThe Mets pitcher?s reaction to a loss in Wednesday?s wild-card game was priceless.
Lexington man killed in crash recalled as kind spirit Bernard ?Joe? Lavins, who was killed Wednesday while bicycling through Porter Square, was a researcher at Ironwood Pharmaceutical, Inc.
Scandal-plagued parks department challenges BakerA spate of scandals has threatened to take the shine off Baker?s lofty poll numbers and reputation as a fix-it specialist.
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Samantha Bee?s?Full Frontal? is the one not-to-be-missed show of the campaign season.
Two of the US?s best skiers had a little social media fightLindsey Vonn and Julia Mancuso had a disagreement over comments Vonn made about snowboarders.
THINGS TO DO
The Weekender: Judy, Donald, Monty, and HomerTop picks for everything fun to do in Boston and beyond.
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The deadly storm steamed ever closer to the coast with potentially catastrophic winds of 130 mph, causing officials to ask 2 million people to flee.
The storm is one of the strongest Atlantic tempests in recent memory.
Michelle Obama?s role in campaign is unprecedentedThe first lady?s string of strident attacks against Donald Trump on the stump is unprecedented for a sitting first lady, historians say.
Donald Trump stays reserved during N.H. town hall appearanceTrump?s event Thursday was more of a friendly rally filled with softball questions than a serious proving ground for Sunday?s debate.
Ground Game
No, really. This is the most unpredictable debate ever. The town hall style format of the next debate adds three different dimensions of spontaneity for the candidates.
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Gloucester officials had fired Police Chief Leonard Campanello amid accusations he destroyed evidence tied to an investigation into his conduct.
The elderly man was killed and his wife seriously injured Wednesday night.
Violence erupted in Roxbury Thursday when two men were shot less than a mile apart in a one-hour span ? one of them fatally.
EDITORIAL
By honoring David Ortiz, Boston bolsters its multicultural image David Ortiz embodies baseball, and Boston, at their best.
The desperate and the dead
The broken covenantBehind the fragmented state of mental health care lies a political system failure that spans decades ? and continues.
Boston Globe coverage and the movie ?Spotlight??Spotlight? is based on the stories and the reporters behind the investigation of sexual abuse in the Catholic Church.
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The most powerful Atlantic storm in nearly a decade left a path of destruction over the Caribbean and is heading towards the US.
STAT, a national publication from Boston Globe Media Partners, covers health, medicine, and life sciences.
Five Celtics finish with double-digit points in preseason victory.
The kettle puffed steam for much of the past 150 years until it was damaged last spring. Now it?s set to return to its rightful spot.
The governor and the House speaker got to present David Ortiz with a sign naming a nearby bridge in his honor. Rosenberg?s invitation never made it.
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This 5-passenger midsize wagon thrives in all seasons, showing the kind of pluck we?d like to think is our birthright.
The incident raises the prospect that for the second time in three years an insider has managed to steal highly damaging secret information.
The Framingham company will launch a new game next year based on ?The Walking Dead.?
Parker?s unending composure, no matter how hard her character suffers, undermines her overall dramatic and comedic impact.
Harvard?s Emily Broad Leib says standardizing this kind of labeling is an effective way to reduce food waste.
ground game
Mike Pence?s impossible missionHis most important task might be just righting Donald Trump?s sinking ship after one of the worst weeks for the candidate in a long time.
Design New England
?This is home?Keith Leblanc and Kelly Monnahan create a haven for themselves, family, and friends in the piney hills of outer Cape Cod.
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