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AL Season Wrap-up

Oh Boston, it is just one disappointment after another. The Red Sox were in first place the entire season. Then they did this in September:

Lost 2-of-3 to Oakland
Won 2-of-3 vs Cleveland
Lost 2-of-4 to Minnesota
Lost 3-of-4 to Baltimore
Lost 2-of-3 to Detroit
Lost 2-of-3 to Cleveland
Lost 2-of-3 to New York

By that point, there was just a week left in the season and Oakland held a 2 1/2 game lead. On September 25th, the Red Sox defeated the White Sox, but on the next day they lost a 1-0 heartbreaker as Chicago's Jim Scott threw eight innings of 5-hit, shutout ball. That loss put the final nail in Boston's coffin and two days later on an off-day, they were eliminated when Oakland beat the same White Sox 6-0.

To their credit, Oakland didn't have their best season, winning "only" 103 games but they fought hard in the second half and took advantage of Boston when they could. In fact, the A's were 7-3 over the final two months when playing the Red Sox head-to-head.

Boston's Tris Speaker set a new MLHR record with his .472 OBP and another record with a stunning 15.2 WAR.

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