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Ortiz, Red Sox sting Tigers 6-5, tie ALCS at 1
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Detroit Tigers' Torii Hunter leaps and misses a catch as Boston Red Sox's David Ortiz hits a grand slam home run in the eighth inning during Game 2 of the American League baseball championship series Sunday in Boston. - photo by Associated Press
BOSTON — With one swing, David Ortiz tied the game and helped the Boston Red Sox send the AL championship series to Detroit tied one game apiece. Ortiz's grand slam erased an eighth-inning deficit and ended Detroit's unprecedented run of pitching dominance, then Jonny Gomes scampered around the bases with the game-winning run in the ninth to give Boston a 6-5 victory over the Tigers on Sunday night. "We need it, man.