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- Updated: April 30, 2016
BOSTON — Jackie Bradley Jr. had been fed a steady diet of splitters in his first two at-bats Friday night against Yankees right-hander Masahiro Tanaka, so when the Red Sox center fielder strode to the plate in the seventh inning with New York holding a two-run lead and the tying runs on base, he knew exactly what was coming.
Tanaka threw a first-pitch splitter that Bradley crushed for a double off the Green Monster. The hit tied the game at 2 before a two-run home run by David Ortiz in the eighth gave the Red Sox a dramatic 4-2 win.
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“It is one of those things where it just happens,” said Bradley. “You don’t try any …
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