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Game 26: May 2, 2007 Athletics 4 BS, L: Jay Marshall (1, 1-1) 13-14, 1 game losing streak3-5-2 series record Red Sox 6 W: Josh Beckett (6-0)H: Hideki Okajima (7)S: Mike Timlin (1) 17-9, 1 game winning streak6-2-2 series record Highlights: Beckett dazzled with seven innings of seven-strikeout ball. He had a no-hitter going into the fifth, which, despite what my friends said, I did not jinx. Okajima notched his seventh hold and Timlin his first save. Alex Cora, Baseball Genius, started instead of Dustin Pedroia. Cora drove in two runs, more than the rookies has in 58 at bats. The reward Sox Pax purchasers get for suffering through a few April games are nearly perfect May days where Josh Beckett puts hitters into a daze. The young northpaw extended his win streak to a career-best six games. He joined former Red Sox greats such as Roger Clemens and Luis Tiant (who had two half-dozen runs in a row) and current staff member Tim Wakefield. Going by the data in Baseball Reference Play Index, which goes back to 1957, listed the knuckleballer as the holder of the longest streak at 10. While Beckett threw between inning warm up pitches,...
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