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Buchholz helps Red Sox maintain 2 1/2 game lead in AL wild-card chase

Associated Press

Saturday, August 29, 2009

BOSTON -- Clay Buchholz's curveball was so sharp that he threw it for a strike when he didn't even try. Buchholz allowed just three singles in 8 1/3 innings, and Alex Gonzalez and Dustin Pedroia's RBI singles made up for a Boston offense that sputtered in the early innings as the Red Sox beat the Toronto Blue Jays 3-2 on Saturday night. Mixing fastballs with a changeup and his sharp curve, Buchholz struck out nine and walked two three days before the two-year anniversary of his no-hitter ove ...

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