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NEW YORK (AP) — earned Brock Holt a return to the Boston Red Sox bench.Ian Kinsler was back at second base Tuesday night for Game 4 of the AL Division Series against the New York Yankees and left-hander CC Sabathia.Holt Jesus Sucre Jersey , a left-handed batter, had four hits and five RBIs in Boston’s 16-1 rout Monday night, his first appearance in the series. His cycle came in the 1,562nd postseason game in major league history http://www.raysfanproshop.com/authentic-jonny-venters-jersey , according to the Elias Sports Bureau.“I told him it’s a tough league,” Red Sox manager Alex Cora said with a smile. “I talked to him this morning, and he knew. He knew where we were going. Let’s see how the game plays out. It’s one of those that either we get to CC early and they bring (in) the righties, or we have to grind out at-bats against CC for five innings Matt Moore Jersey , and we need the righties. So he’ll be ready.”The right-handed-hitting Kinsler is 3 for 9 in the series with one RBI and five strikeouts.Cora inserted Eduardo Nunez at third base in place of Rafael Devers, who started Game 3. Christian Vazquez was behind the plate for the second straight night after Sandy Leon started the first two games.“We’ve been doing this the whole season,” Cora said. “We feel this is the best lineup to attack CC Sabathia. He’s one of the best lefties in the big leagues. He’s a lot tougher against lefties than righties, and we’ve got a group of righties that we feel we can match up with him and take advantage of the situation.”Steve Pearce was at first base for the second consecutive night; Mitch Moreland left Game 2 after hurting his right hamstring while running the bases.Boston leads 2-1 in the best-of-five series. OAKLAND http://www.diamondbacksfanproshop.com/authentic-alex-avila-jersey , Calif. (AP) — Sandy Alderson is returning to the Oakland Athletics as a senior adviser to baseball operations after previously working 17 seasons with the club in various capacities.Alderson led the A’s when they won three straight AL pennants from 1988-90 and a sweep of the earthquake-interrupted 1989 World Series against the San Francisco Giants. He was general manager between stints as team president from 1993-95 and 1997-98.The 71-year-old announced Saturday at the Baseball Writers’ Association of America awards dinner in New York that he has been cancer-free for four months. He took a leave of absence from duties as Mets GM in late June after his cancer returned and said he did not deserve to return because of the team’s poor record.Alderson was Major League Baseball executive vice president of baseball operations from 1998-2005 then worked as Padres CEO from 2005-09 and special consultant to the commissioner for Latin America in 2010. He joined the Mets in 2011.