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College sports writer covering University of South Florida sports for The Tampa Tribune, TBO.com and WFLA-TV.
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A week after clinching at Trop, Red Sox lose home finale -- at Trop

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By Joey Johnston
| MLB (Major League Baseball) Verified
ST. PETERSBURG — Strange day, indeed. For the second straight weekend, the Red Sox were at Tropicana Field, this time as the home team (but still in the visitors’ clubhouse and dugout). There were no postseason ramifications in Sunday’s regular-season finale against the Cubs because everything had been decided. Game 162 was shifted from Boston’s Fenway Park to the Trop as a precautionary move because of the weekend nor’easter that battered the East Coast with torrential rain and heavy winds.
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Willson returns to lineup, hopeful for WC Series; Gasper, Guerrero placed on IL

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By Joey Johnston
| MLB (Major League Baseball) Verified
ST. PETERSBURG — After missing eight games, Willson Contreras returned to the Red Sox’s lineup, batting third and serving as designated hitter against the Cubs in Sunday’s regular-season finale at Tropicana Field. It opened the possibility that Contreras, who was hit on the right hand by a pitch on Sept. 17 at Texas, will be active for the American League Wild Card Series, which begins Tuesday night at Yankee Stadium.
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'Adversity is a good thing': Padres drop series finale in 11 innings after crazy play in 9th

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By Joey Johnston
| MLB (Major League Baseball) Verified
ST. PETERSBURG -- The Padres had won the game Sunday afternoon. A split-second later -- after what looked like a game-ending catch became a game-tying home run -- they had not won the game. And their misery had just begun. From the depths of that inexplicable despair to a plucky extra-inning recovery to getting whacked over the head once again, the Padres experienced every imaginable emotion during what became a 5-4 defeat in 11 innings and a three-game sweep at the hands of the charmed-life Rays.
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