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Masataka Yoshida sparked a three-run rally, spoiling a controversial move by the New York Yankees that led to a 7-1 Boston Red Sox victory on Saturday. With a 1-0 lead at Yankee Stadium, Yankees’ ace Gerrit Cole (6-5) took the rare step of intentionally walking Boston’s Rafael Devers with one out and no one on in the fourth inning after hitting him with a pitch in the first inning. After another walk, Cole threw the left-handed-hitting Yoshida an 0-1 breaking ball low and away. Yoshida’s fly ball into the left-field corner bounced into the stands for a ground rule double to tie the game, and h…

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