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Price, Red Sox bounce back, beat Astros 7-5, tie ALCS 1-1

BOSTON - Houston Astros manager A.J. Hinch sat on a dais in front of a sparse crowd of reporters on Sunday afternoon at Fenway Park and called Boston Red Sox slugger Mookie Betts a ticking time bomb.

Betts, the presumptive American League most valuable player award winner, had gone cold during the opening round of the playoffs. He batted just .188 (three for 16) as the Red Sox dispatched the New York Yankees in four games of the American League Division Series.

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