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ST. LOUIS -- Nelson Cruz went back-to-back with Adrian Beltre to start the top of the seventh in Thursday night's Game 6, taking a curveball from Cardinals reliever Lance Lynn to the left-field third deck at Busch Stadium in the Rangers' 10-9 loss in 11 innings.With that, Cruz and his "boomstick" tied a postseason record for homers.Cruz's shot, which traveled an estimated 414 feet and gave the Ra football teams ngers a 6-4 lead, was his eighth in this year's playoffs, putting him in a three-way tie with Barry Bonds (2002) and Carlos Beltran ('04) for the all-time postseason lead. Troy Glaus ('02), B.J. Upton ('08) and Jayson Werth ('09) are all tied with seven. Cruz hit .364 with a record six homers en route to being named the American League Championship Series Most Valuable Player, and came into Game 6 football teams of the World Series batting .267 (4-for-15) with a homer. football teams
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