Rookie Kazmir outduels Pedro
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Scott Kazmir had a cool confidence in a tough environment for baseball&#39;s youngest pitcher and a sense of wonder that he had succeeded in it.
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RED SOX 7, RAYS 3: Scott Kazmir, pitching brilliantly, is tossed after two HBPs as Boston snags a playoff spot. By DAMIAN CRISTODERO, Times Staff Writer.
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Scott Kazmir&#039;s first major league complete game was yet another win over Boston. The 22-year-old left-hander threw a two-hitter Monday night and the Tampa Bay Devil Rays beat the Red Sox 3-0. Kazmir (10-5) is 3-1 against Boston this season, and 5-2 in 11 career starts.
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Much was made of the fact that in hitting a home run to lead off the game for the Red Sox in the World Series opener Wednesday, Dustin Pedroia duplicated a feat last accomplished by former Red Sox star Johnny Damon in Game 4 of the 2004 Series off the Cardinals' Jason Marquis . But it turns out that a ...
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The biggest lesson of the racetrack -- i.e. there are no sure things -- was reinforced at Fenway Park last night. Red Sox ace Pedro Martinez came rolling into the game having won three straight, and having pitched 16 consecutive scoreless innings. The last time he faced the lowly Tampa Bay Devil Rays at home (Aug. 12), he hurled a ...
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_ After helping the Boston Red Sox win their first title in 86 years, Pedro Martinez will try to lead the New York Mets to their first championship since 1986.
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In the refreshing worlds of the rookies Dustin Pedroia and Jacoby Ellsbury, the Red Sox are recent champions, not some cursed franchise.
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Mets rookie Victor Diaz stroked a tying three-run home run with two out in the ninth and Craig Brazell won it in the 11th with his first major-league homer.
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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Carlos Pena's breakout season also landed the American League comeback player of the year a hefty pay raise. All-Star pitcher Scott Kazmir did pretty well for himself, too.
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I mean, Pedro Martinez was automatic against the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, was he not? A lifetime 11-2 record, with a 1.66 ERA. Pedro could beat the Rays with a hangover, with his left arm tied behind him, with 20/200 vision.
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About 15 hours after avoiding a sweep by beating the New York Yankees in 12 innings, the Boston Red Sox send Pedro Martinez to the mound Monday for Game 5 of the AL championship series in Boston. Martinez (16-9) faces Mike Mussina (12-9), trying to force the series back to New York.
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NEW YORK - Gary Sheffield hit an RBI single to give the New York Yankees a 1-0 lead over Boston after one inning of play in Game 2 of the AL championship series on Wednesday.    Pedro Martinez, making his first start in New York since he called the Yankees "my daddy" last month, walked Derek Jeter to start the game and then nicked Alex Rodriguez with a pitch before allowing Sheffield's single...
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With a few more starts, Pedro MartÃ­nez could tinker with his control and recapture his sharpness. Unfortunately for the Mets, he is out of time.
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New York Mets pitcher Pedro Martinez, recovering from rotator cuff surgery, will make his first start of the season on Monday at Cincinnati.
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Dustin Pedroia tagged a two-run homer in the seventh inning last night that sent the Red Sox to a 5-2 lead and an eventual 11-2 win in Game 7 of the American League Championship Series over the Indians. And with it came that trip to the World Series.
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Admit it, Red Sox fans. You put last night's game in the win column as soon as you found out the pitching matchup. The masterful Pedro Martinez was going for Boston against Texas's John Wasdin, who came into the game with a 7.01 earned run average and was considered cannon fodder when he pitched for the Sox.
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Pedro Martinez's return to Shea Stadium was a huge success. Martinez tossed five shutout innings in his first start at home this season, outpitching Roy Oswalt and leading the New York Mets past the Houston Astros 4-1 Sunday for a three-game sweep.