AP

Hours after jetting back from a funeral for relatives in Panama, baseball's greatest closer stopped the surging Red Sox, who had cut an eight-run deficit to one.
"It was tough, leaving my family there," the soft-spoken Rivera said. "My fans and my teammates helped me out big time. ... That was something special."

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