Shane Victorino scored the go-ahead run in the seventh inning on a dropped fly ball by right fielder Josh Hamilton and David Ortiz had a pinch-hit two-run homer to help the Boston Red Sox beat Los Angeles 6-2 on Friday.
Not too long ago, the American League East was routinely called the toughest division in Major League Baseball, but in recent years other divisions stepped up and challenged for the title. But this year, the A.L. East is back in dominant form.
The 2012 season was supposed to be the farewell season for Yankee reliever Mariano River, but thanks to an unfortunate injury things did not go as planned.