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Murphy's law says Sox victorious
Manny's understudy stars in Game 1 win

BOSTON - With Manny Ramirez wearing a cast on his foot in the Red Sox dugout, it was David Murphy that got the starting nod in left field and came up with the Manny-esque heroics in the end.
Murphy went 1-for-4 with a walk and scored two runs, driving in the game-winning run with a walk-off single in the last of the ninth inning.
With the game tied at 5-5 and southpaw reliever Chad Zerbe on the mound, Boston mounted a rally. Ryan Howard led the inning off with a double, prompting Zerbe to intentionally walk Matt Kemp and set up the force outs at first, second and third. Nick Markakis grounded out, advancing the runners to second and third, prompting Zerbe to intentionally walk Hanley Ramirez to load the bases with no out and the left-handed Murphy due at the plate. Murphy singled in Howard from third, giving Boston the win and a 1-0 advantage in the best-of-seven ALCS.
Murphy was also a key to Boston scoring in the second and fourth innings, as well as the ninth. In the last of the second inning, Murphy was one of three Red Sox hitters to draw a walk, loading the bases with one out. Markakis scored on an Ichiro Suzuki single and Murphy came across the plate on a Victor Martinez sacrifice fly to left field.
In the fourth inning, Murphy led off the inning with a triple, later scoring on a Suzuki single, extending Boston's early lead to 3-0.
Detroit scored in the fifth with the Red Sox countering in the seventh as Kemp hit a solo homer, making it 4-1 Boston.
The wheels fell off for Sox starter Johan Santana in the top of the eighth inning as he let up back-to-back basehits before being replaced by lefty Terry Allen, who entered the game with two men in scoring position, nobody out and a three-run lead threatened with the tying run at the plate in the person of Endy Chavez, who greeted Allen with a two-run double to right field. Maicer Izturis singled, putting men on the corners, just before Chad Tracy singled in the game-tying run. Allen rebounded with a strike 'em out, throw 'em out double play as Curtis Granderson whiffed and Tracy was nabbed trying to take second base. Detroit refused to give in, however, as J.J. Hardy doubled in the go-ahead run and the Tigers led 5-4 after 7 1/2 innings.
Dan Uggla got the ball rolling for Boston in the last of the eighth as he hit a two-out double, was advanced to third on a Suzuki single and scored on a Martinez single, tying the game at 5-5 before the Red Sox rallied for the walk-off win in the ninth.

NLCS Game 1: Philadelphia v. San Francisco
PHILADELPHIA - The San Francisco Giants took a 1-0 lead in the NLCS with a 4-0 shutout at Citizens Bank Park.
Homer Bailey (11-7, 4.25 ERA) had his second impressive start of the post-season, throwing seven shutout innings, yielding three hits, three walks and striking out three.
Chad Walton (.199, 4 HR, 27 RBI, 186 AB) and Chris Duffy (.259, 2 HR, 34 RBI, 394 AB) each hit solo home runs for the Giants.