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Red Sox activate catcher Swihart, option Leon

BOSTON -- Clinging to a one-run lead Sunday afternoon, Red Sox lefty Wade Miley made the same pickoff move toward first he's been making all season. Only this time, home-plate umpire Angel Hernandez called a balk that tied the game. The Red Sox ultimately suffered an 8-6 loss to the Yankees, and the momentum seemed to change after the controversial call in the top of the fifth.

"I'm not sure what he's seeing, but obviously he said he saw something," said Miley. "He said I stepped toward home. I looked at some video.