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• Coco's catch? Game-saving.
• Youk's steal of second to get into a position to score the tying run on J.D. Drew's single to right? Heads-up.
• Mike Lowell's RBI single? Clutch.
• Pedroia's seven straight two-strike foul balls against Gagné? Gutsy.
• Pedroia's home run after the seven foul balls? Cora-esque. Game-winning.
• Tavarez rolling the ball to Youkilis for an out in the fourth? Best play I've seen all season.

Note to MLB.com: If you'd been paying attention this season, you'd know that this:

But the Rangers (18-32) seemed to understand they were being shown up, and they responded angrily with a four-run sixth that knocked Tavarez out of the game.

is bullshit. The Rangers weren't being "shown up" by Tavarez - this was, to coin a phrase, just Julian being Julian. I can understand them being a little taken aback by the play, but it was just a spur-of-the-moment thing.

In the interests of a fair trial, I would also like to point out the following:

• The Rangers are currently 18-32, with the 29th-best record in the major leagues;
• They allowed Kevin Youkilis (he of the six career stolen bases) to steal second, unchallenged, and get into a position to tie the game;
• Their right-fielder threw to the wrong guy on J.D. Drew's single, allowing him to get into a position to score the go-ahead run.
  

I don't think they need Julian Tavarez in order to be shown up.

The defense rests its case, your honour.

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