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Red Sox’ Mike Aviles does well in leadoff spot

Shortstop a hit at top of lineup

By Michael Vega

 |  Globe Staff  

  April 15, 2012

It was wholly expected Red Sox manager Bobby Valentine would have a huge void to fill at the lead-off position of his lineup Saturday when Jacoby Ellsbury was placed on the 15-day disabled list. But Saturday, in a 13-5 come-from-behind victory over the Rays before a Fenway Park crowd of 38,024, shortstop Mike Aviles did his best to fill that void, going 3-for-5 with 1 RBI, 1 double and a lead-off solo homer in the seventh off reliever Burke Badenhop that broke a 5-5 tie and sparked a three-run outburst.

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