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Red Sox stay alive with comeback win vs. Rays

Defending champs recover their magic

By Dan Shaughnessy

 |  Globe Columnist  

  October 17, 2008

The reeling Red Sox dug down and found the lost magic of recent Octobers. They recovered from a 7-0, seventh-inning deficit to stun the Tampa Bay Rays, 8-7.

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