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Pedroia, Beckett help BoSox top Rays 5-3 (AP) (sports.yahoo.com)

AL MVP Dustin Pedroia and the Boston Red Sox are off to a fast start. Pedroia homered on the second pitch he saw this season and Josh Beckett struck out 10 in seven innings of two-hit ball to lead the Red Sox to a 5-3 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays on Tuesday in a makeup of their rained-out opener. Jason Varitek also homered for Boston in a rematch of last year's AL championship series, which the...