Sports Xchange: Hanley Hammers 3 HRs As Sox Top Giants

By Gethin Coolbaugh, The Sports Xchange

BOSTON -- If the Tuesday game between the Boston Red Sox and San Francisco Giants served as a World Series preview, baseball fans are in for quite a treat. 

On a night that featured big hits, stellar defense and an raucous crowd for a game between two of the game's best teams, the Red Sox emerged the victors. 

Hanley Ramirez launched a trio of three-run homers and made a series of outstanding defensive plays to lead Boston past San Francisco 11-7 at a sold-out Fenway Park. The result moved the Red Sox in to first place in the American League East, a half-game ahead of the Baltimore Orioles.

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