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Classic A-Rod would get an inordinate amount of blame because of failure at end of games when he was big reason the moment was possible.
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Anibal Sanchez will need to get efficient with his pitches if he wants to go deep in this one after throwing 32 in the 1st #Rangers lead 1-0
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