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Clay Buchholz, Kelly Shoppach, Mike Aviles, Kevin Durant, and Russell Westbrook all contributed superlative efforts to salve the wounds of Boston sports devotees last night. Buchholz was in peril early when Jose Reyes tripled from the leadoff spot in the first. The Red Sox starter probably wasn’t prepared to pitch because Mark Buehrle’s half inning took all of three minutes. Buchholz battled back to strike out Omar Infante, Hanley Ramirez, and Giancarlo “Don’t call me Mike” Stanton, stranding Reyes at third. That inning set the tone for the rest of the frames. Buehrle plowed through batters at his typical brisk pace while Buchholz seemed to somewhat mimic his counterpart’s alacrity. The Red Sox batters finally wrapped their bats around Buehrle’s mid-80s offerings in the seventh. Will Middlebrooks lined a single to the well-worn right field and scored when Shoppach doubled to the equally bedraggled left-center gap to the lime green outfield wall. Note to the Marlins groundskeepers: there’s a problem when your stadium’s paint is greener than the grass. Aviles looped a single to center and Shoppach scored. That run was the margin of victory as Logan Morrison homered to lead off the bottom of the seventh. The circuit clout...
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Photo courtesy of the Boston Public Library’s Sports Temples of Boston.