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Red Sox 4, Pirates 3

Associated Press

Wednesday, April 1, 2009

BRADENTON, Fla. -- Paul Maholm made one spring-training start too many. Maholm allowed three runs in four innings of the Pittsburgh Pirates' 4-3 loss to the Boston Red Sox on Wednesday. "Today was the first day I felt bad," said Maholm, who has a 1.52 ERA in six spring starts. "I threw just two breaking balls for strikes, which isn't normal. "I'm ready to get out of here. I'm glad that Monday will be the start of the regular season and we can get after it. Seven weeks in sunny Florida is way ...

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