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May 14, 2021 6:30 PM By The Associated Press
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FILE - In this May 11, 2021 file photo, a QuickTrip convenience store has bags on their pumps as the station has no gas, in Kennesaw, Ga. On Friday, May 14, The Associated Press reported on stories circulating online claiming to show photos of Americans filling their cars with plastic bags of gasoline and lining up at gas stations with red gas cans in recent days. Social media users are misrepresenting old photos to falsely suggest they show Americans stockpiling gasoline this week after a hack of the Colonial Pipeline led to thousands of gas stations running out of fuel to due to distribution problems and panic-buying. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart, File)
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Toronto trailed 2-0 and 4-3 before its 10th comeback win this season and third of the series completed a three-game series sweep. Danny Jansen, hitting .095, led off the ninth with a single off Will Smith. Marcus Semien singled, and Bichette doubled to the gap in right-center for a 6-4 lead.
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