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Game 26: April 26, 2008 Red Sox 1 L: Clay Buchholz (1-2) 15-11, 4 game losing streak Rays 2 W: Scott Dohmann (2-0)S: Troy Percival (5) 13-11, 5 game winning streak Highlights: Clay Buchholz joined Josh Beckett and Tim Wakefield as the only Red Sox starters to have eight-inning outings. The fireballer and knuckleballer won their games, but the ace apparent came one pitch short of doing the same. Just as the Rays team is comprised of players who just recently departed the minors, Tampa Bay’s promotions department must have just come off stints with the Durham Bulls or Montgomery Biscuits or still feel the influence of Mike Veeck. Perhaps with the 10,000 cowbells were meant to make the Rays players feel as if they were back in Durham Bulls Athletic Park or Riverwalk, but more likely it was to give a slight advantage to the outnumbered home team fans. Surprisingly, last night’s attendance was 36,048, which is over twice last season’s average per game headcount. Jerry Remy’s feud with Raymond continued; the rambunctious mascot left a cowbell for the analyst. “I’ll ring this every time the Red Sox scored,” Remy proclaimed. Remy would only clank in the once...
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Photo courtesy of the Boston Public Library’s Sports Temples of Boston.