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Long gone

Print | Comments () Posted by Amalie Benjamin April 17, 2008 07:29 PM

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Well, at least Joe Girardi didn't have any choice about that one.

After his controversial decision to allow Mike Mussina to pitch to Manny Ramirez last Saturday, which resulted in a two-run double, Ramirez just hit a solo home run off Mussina. It was his fourth home run of the season, on a 3-1 pitch.

That gives Ramirez 494 career home runs, passing Lou Gehrig and Fred McGriff for sole possession of 24th place on the all-time list. It's his 54th against the Yankees and his eighth off Mussina.

It's now 1-0, Red Sox.