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Chris Sale, Red Sox blank Orioles, then get help to clinch AL playoff berth

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BALTIMORE — The Red Sox’ pregame routine was pretty standard yesterday. The players grabbed bats and gloves from their lockers. They walked to and from the trainer’s room. They checked their phones, talked to teammates and prepared to take the field.

All while the final innings of a New York Yankees day game played on the clubhouse TV.

Another lopsided win for New York meant another challenge for the first-place Sox to hold their ground atop the AL East. And behind another burst of dominance from Chris Sale, they did just that.

Sale went eight scoreless, Hanley Ramirez returned with three hits, and the Red Sox beat the Baltimore Orioles, 9-0, to maintain a three-game lead in the division.