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Mookie Betts' late surge gives him a shot to join Xander Bogaerts as .300 hitters

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NEW YORK -- In the end, the Red Sox could only spoil the party for so long, although there was a moment in the seventh inning, when the ball jumped off Mookie Betts’ bat with a loud crack, that Torey Lovullo thought the Sox might leave the Yankees high and dry one more night.