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MUNCIE, Ind. -- Thomas Woodson passed for 338 yards and ended a crucial late-game drive with three straight completions, including an insurance touchdown, as Akron rallied past Ball State 35-25 on Saturday, scoring 28 points after halftime.The win keeps the Zips (5-3, 3-1 Mid-American) tied with Ohio atop the East Division as they rebounded from a crushing shutout loss to No. 23 Western Michigan a week earlier.After losing to Western Michigan 41-0, Akron fell behind Ball State (4-4, 1-3) 10-0 before kicking into gear. Van Edwards broke the scoring drought with a 45-yard TD run early in the second quarter, and JoJo Natson put the Zips ahead for good at 21-17 late in the third when he hauled in a 23-yard pass from Woodson.Akrons Jordan George sealed the win when he intercepted Neal Riley for the games only turnover. Riley passed for 187 yards with a touchdown and ran for another. Sergio Aguero Argentina Jersey . He just needed to be his best twisting, turning acrobatic self. 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Having already announced that the race will start May 9 with three stages in Northern Ireland and Ireland and finish in Trieste on June 1, the rest of the route was unveiled Monday. ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Bostons clubhouse was buzzing about David Ortizs high-and-deep homer in the first inning, a drive that provided the winning margin as the Red Sox moved close to a postseason berth in the sluggers final season.Ortiz hit a two-run shot to set the RBI record for a player in his final year, and the AL East-leading Red Sox beat the Tampa Bay Rays 2-1 on Friday night for their ninth straight win.Its not all about the distance, Ortiz said after the 411-foot drive. Its about scoring runs and make sure we put us in position to win the game.Ortizs 37th homer came off Chris Archer (8-19) and raised his RBI total to 124, one more than Shoeless Joe Jackson in 1920. The 40-year-olds 540th homer, his 300th on the road, struck an overhanging catwalk above the right-field seats.Im used to the ball going over the fence but that far, I dont think you really ever get used to that, teammate Mookie Betts said. Hes just doing what he always does.When asked if hes thinking about 40 homers, Ortiz said with a laugh Im 40.Coming off four-game sweeps of the New York Yankees and Baltimore, the Red Sox have a 5 1/2-game lead over second-place Toronto in the AL East. They lowered their magic number to two for clinching a playoff berth.Drew Pomeranz (3-5) allowed one run and four hits in five innings. Brad Ziegler, the fifth Boston reliever, got his fourth save after allowing a leadoff double in the ninth to Evan Longoria.Red Sox set-up man Koji Uehara and closer Craig Kimbrrel were both given the night off after extensive use recently.ddddddddddddArcher set a Tampa Bay record for losses in a season, breaking the mark Tanyon Sturtze set in 2002. He has lost 11 straight decisions against Boston since beating the Red Sox in his first career start against them on Sept. 19, 2012.It stinks whenever youre on the mound for so many team losses, Archer said.Ortiz appeared to have his 524th double with the Red Sox, which would have moved him within one of tying Ted Williams for second on the franchise list, but was called out at second base in the seventh after Tampa Bay challenged the original safe call. He was credited with a single.Mikie Mahtook hit a solo homer in the second for the Rays.TRAINERS ROOMRed Sox: Knuckleballer Steven Wright (shoulder) threw at 120 feet on flat ground and might have a bullpen session Sunday.Rays: OF Steven Souza Jr. was in the clubhouse, two days after left hip surgery and expects to be ready for spring training.MORE BIG PAPIOrtiz has 35 homers at Tropicana Field, the most of any opponent.UP NEXTRed Sox RHP Rick Porcello (21-4) will face Rays RHP Matt Andriese (8-7) Saturday night. Porcello has gone seven innings or more and allowed three runs or fewer in 11 consecutive starts, which ties Cy Young (1904) and Pedro Martinez (2000) for the long stretch in a single season in team history. ' ' '