Boston Red Sox defeat Seattle Mariners, 7-6

There are few cliches more worn than the one Kevin Youkilis rolled out yesterday afternoon, saying of the season, ''It's not a sprint, it's a marathon."

Yesterday, however, that was as inaccurate and unintentionally humorous a statement as any, for it was Youkilis's bottom-of-the-ninth sprint that saved the day, and it occurred at about the same time as Robert Cheruiyot's gallop through the neighborhood on his way to a Boston Marathon record. With two outs and the Sox d...

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