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IN-GAME UPDATE: Sox go back-to-back for fifth time in playoff history

BOSTON -- The back-to-back home runs by Manny Ramirez and Mike Lowell in the fifth inning Saturday night marked the fifth time the Red Sox had accomplished the feat in the postseason in franchise history.

The others . . .

OCTOBER 11, 1967 -- Reggie Smith and Rico Petrocelli at Fenway Park in Game Six of the World Series against the Cardinals.

OCTOBER 27, 1986 -- Dwight Evans and Rich Gedman at Shea Stadium in Game Seven of the World Series against the Mets.

OCTOBER 7, 2005 -- David Ortiz and Manny Ramirez at Fenway Park in Game Three of the ALDS against the White Sox.

OCTOBER 7, 2007 -- Ortiz and Ramirez at Angel Stadium in Game Three of the ALDS against the Angels.

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