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By Elias Sports Bureau, Inc.
Special to ESPN Insider

Sunday, July 23, 2006

A daily glance inside the numbers from the world of sports: MLB  Lester • Jon Lester started for the Red Sox at Seattle on Sunday after Kason Gabbard made his big-league debut in that role on Saturday. It was the first time in almost 25 years that Boston started rookie left-handed pitchers in consecutive games (since Bruce Hurst and Bob Ojeda in September 1981). Richie Sexson led off the ninth inning with a game-ending homer off Mike Timlin to give the Mariners a 9-8 win. It wa ...

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