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...salute our crack reporting team of Mike Bonin, Seth Gitell, Susan Glasser, Melissa Hart and John Thompson for conceiving, reporting and writing the bulk of this week's What. You've done your city proud. Now if only the Red Sox would do the same...
...success story was painfully familiar Sunday to the Boston Red Sox. The 4-1 victory was Oakland's fourth straight in the best-of-seven AL playoffs and the 10th home win in a row over Boston...
Manager Joe Morgan of the Red Sox agreed...
Rookie Walt Weiss, the ninth-place hitter in a lineup of sluggers, singled home the tie-breaking run in the ninth inning last night and the Oakland Athletics beat the Boston Red Sox, 4-3, for a commanding 2-0 lead in the American League playoffs...
...while Oakland's Bash Brothers brought the Athletics back against Roger Clemens, it was the bottom part of the order that won it. Ron Hassey singled with one out against Red Sox relief ace Lee Smith and took third on Tony Phillips' two-out single. That brought up Weiss, a .389 hitter against Boston this year, and he escaped an 0-2 hole against the fast-balling Smith and lined a single just in front of diving center fielder Ellis Burks...