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Up next? Boston awaits ALDS opponent
- Updated: September 29, 2016
NEW YORK — The American League East champion Red Sox know that they will open their postseason run on Oct. 6 in Game 1 of the AL Division Series. They just don’t know where they will play or who it will be against.
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With four games left in the regular season, it will take at least a couple of more days to sort itself out.
If the season ended now, the 92-66 Sox would play the AL Central champion Indians (91-67) in the ALDS, with Game 1 being played at Fenway Park. If the Indians vault over Boston in the coming days, the series would start in Cleveland.
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If Boston and Cleveland finish with the same record, the Red Sox would have home-field advantage by virtue of winning the season series, 4-2.
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But there is another scenario. …
