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Surprise-starter Gomes hits 3-run HR, lifts Red Sox over Cards 4-2 & evens World Series 2-all
• ST. LOUIS (AP) -- Jonny Gomes arrived at Busch Stadium expecting to watch Game 4 of the World Series from the Red Sox dugout. Halfway through batting practice, Boston's plans changed.
• "All I fought for in this year of mine is just the opportunity," Gomes said. "So when my number is called, I'm stepping up. I'm not dodging any situation."
• Shane Victorino couldn't shake his bad back. With the Red Sox trailing St. Louis by two games to one in the World Series, Gomes was going to start in left field.
• "Came out to the dugout, looked up the lineup card, and now you're going to have to protect David Ortiz," Gomes would say later. "Good luck with all of that."
• Good luck, indeed.
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Today in History
The Associated Press
• Today is Monday, Oct. 28, the 301st day of 2013. There are 64 days left in the year.
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• Today's Highlight in History:
• On Oct. 28, 1886, the Statue of Liberty, a gift from the people of France, was dedicated in New York Harbor by President Grover Cleveland.
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• On this date:
• In 1636, the General Court of Massachusetts passed a legislative act establishing Harvard College.
• In 1776, the Battle of White Plains was fought during the Revolutionary War, resulting in a limited British victory.
• In 1858, Rowland Hussey Macy opened his first New York store at Sixth Avenue and 14th Street in Manhattan.
• In 1919, Congress enacted the Volstead Act, which provided for enforcement of Prohibition, over President Woodrow Wilson's veto.
• In 1936, President Franklin D. Roosevelt rededicated the Statue of Liberty on its 50th anniversary.
• In 1940, Italy invaded Greece during World War II.
• In 1958, the Roman Catholic patriarch of Venice, Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli, was (Continued on page 27)
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