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Boston just will not stop. The Red Sox pushed their winning streak to eight games Thursday night, surviving an absolute marathon against the White Sox to win twelve to eleven in thirteen innings. Caleb Durbin lined a single to center to score Nick Sogard and seal the deal. Eight straight — this team is on a serious run.
Over in Atlanta, Ronald Acuña Junior reminded everyone exactly who he is. He went deep twice against Miami, with his first homer getting a generous assist from the Marlins outfield on a flyball miscue. Matt Olson added one of his own, and the Braves rolled eleven to three to complete a three-game sweep. Atlanta is clicking right now.
And the Philadelphia seventy-sixers may have pulled off the offseason of the decade. Executive Mike Gansey landed both Jaylen Brown and LeBron James in the same summer. The same summer. The Eastern Conference just got a whole lot more complicated, and the rest of the league is going to be sorting out that reality for a long time.
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