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I picked up the game in the 5th. This kid, along with the other Sox prospects look like it will be a very promising feature for Boston. It's always an amazing feat (Boston almost got no-hit twice by New York last week).
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BOSTON -- He was back where he needed to be.
Clay Buchholz pitched the 17th no-hitter in the history of the Boston Red Sox on Saturday night, accomplishing in his second start what Roger Clemens, Pedro Martinez and Curt Schilling never did.
Before Saturday's historic 10-0 win against the Baltimore Orioles, Red Sox manager Terry Francona spoke of a letdown in Buchholz's Triple-A performance after his Major League debut Aug. 17. For two weeks, the 6-foot-3 top prospect from Nederland, Texas, shuttled across upstate New York, losing his next two starts as a member of the Pawtucket Red Sox.
But, Francona added, "I think we still love this kid to death. And we're excited for a chance to run him out there and see how he does."
For nine innings, Buchholz sparkled with the flash bulbs. After each out, typically the result of a gravity-defying curveball or an immaculately released changeup, the anxious Red Sox rookie nibbled on his glove, enjoying the scene. By the last out, when Buchholz got Nick Markakis on a called strike three for his ninth strikeout and the final out of the game, the crowd of 36,819 was at a fever pitch.
Kevin Youkilis added a three-run home run in the sixth inning to the cause following David Oritz's three-run double in the fourth. But the Red Sox's eight-run outburst and, impossibly, the circumstances of the effort -- the Yankees won in the afternoon, staying five games behind -- remained secondary to Buchholz's singular brilliance.
Yea i just got done watching the live coverage of it while i was watching the Tennesee vs Cal. game. Great game on Bucholz part, even though i hate to admit it, i mean after all...i am a Yankees fan
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They kept showing stuff from the game during the half time show of the Tennessee-Cal game.
Good stuff. I know it's the first by a Red Sox rookie, but how many have been thrown by rookies for ANY team??
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I think there have only been one or two previously. This makes it two or three. Some historians use a different set of books, one that predates the modern era, I think.
i thought I heard there were about 20 rookie no hitters, but only 2 in their first 2 appearances... could be wrong though
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