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From the archives | July 24

Red Sox win slugfest with Yankees after brawl

Varitek strikes Rodriguez to spark on-field melee

By Dan Shaughnessy

 |  Globe Columnist  

  July 25, 2004

In one of the most exciting games in the century-old history of the rivalry, the Sox beat the Yankees, 11-10, yesterday afternoon/evening with three runs in the bottom of the ninth inning, capping their improbable comeback on Bill Mueller’s two-run, walkoff home run off indomitable Yankees closer Mariano Rivera.

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