Verlander cools off Red Sox 7-2 in Game 1 of ALCS

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    With temperatures dipping into the 40s, numbing their fingertips as they tried to grip the baseball, Justin Verlander and Chris Sale both struggled to get the ball over the plate.

    Verlander recovered quickly.

    Sale never did.

    After walking in one run and giving up the tying score on a wild pitch, Verlander struck out Andrew Benintendi on a contested called third strike, and the Houston Astros pulled away to beat the Boston Red Sox7-2 on Saturday night in the AL Championship Series opener.

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