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Mets beat Red Sox, 3-2, on ninth-inning homer

BASEBALL GAME OF THE DAY

Omir Santos' two-run shot off Boston closer Jonathan Papelbon is initially ruled a double but changed to a home run after replay review.

May 24, 2009|Associated Press

BOSTON — Omir Santos hit a two-run homer off Jonathan Papelbon with two outs in the ninth inning, a drive that was initially ruled a double, and the New York Mets rallied to beat the Boston Red Sox 3-2 Saturday night.

The long fly ball to left field bounced off the shelf above the Green Monster and was called a double. But after the umpires went into the tunnel for the television replay -- the first in Fenway Park history -- crew chief Joe West came out and signaled for a home run.


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Papelbon (0-1) had been 11 for 11 in save opportunities. But Gary Sheffield walked to lead off the ninth for the Mets, and then, after Papelbon struck out Wright and Jeremy Reed, Santos hit the first pitch for his second career homer.

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