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Red Sox throwing big three at Yankees

By Sean McAdam
Special to ESPN.com

Thursday, April 19, 2007

The Red Sox are under no delusion that their starters are quite this good: a 2.84 ERA in the last nine games; a .210 opponents batting average against for the season; a string of nine straight games with three runs or fewer allowed. As the long season progresses, there will be hiccups and injuries. Two of their five starters, after all, are in their 40s. Josh Beckett has had just one season (last year) in which he pitched more than 180 innings and Daisuke Matsuzaka must still prove that he can ...

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