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Video Time: Claymation hits Boston — Categories: Hey! It's Clay! — Last night, I desperately searched for video — including the all-popular home video — of Clay Buchholz throwing the first no-hitter by a rookie in Red Sox history. — Today, we've got two, and they're doozies:
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Gordon Edes / Boston Globe:
Second to none — Sox' Buchholz no-hits Orioles in second start — It may have looked like Clay Buchholz, the kid from East Texas who became the first Red Sox rookie to throw a no-hitter, was crying in the midst of the red-and-white scrum that engulfed him after he struck …
Dom Amore / Hartford Courant:
Clay Nation — Buchholz First Red Sox Rookie To Pitch No-Hitter — Boston Red Sox pitcher Clay Buchholz delivers against the Baltimore Orioles during the first inning. Buchholz pitched a no-hitter in his second major league start, beating the Orioles 10-0 at Fenway Park.
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Jeff Zrebiec / Baltimore Sun:
Rookie no-hits reeling O's — In second career start, Red Sox's Buchholz delivers another blow to struggling club — BOSTON - Ten days after becoming the first team in the modern era to give up 30 runs in a game, the Orioles suffered another dose of baseball indignity last night …
Ben Shpigel / New York Times:
Dominant Pelfrey Downs Braves — There were spurts of dominance from Mike Pelfrey in his nine starts this season. They would last for a few batters or for a couple of innings, but that was it, a fleeting glimpse of the pitcher the Mets expected him to become but had yet to develop into.
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David O'Brien / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Braves drop another one to Mets — If you listened closely, you could hear hope dying Saturday at Turner Field. — The New York Mets got fifth-inning homers from Carlos Delgado and Lastings Milledge and cruised to a 5-1 win against the floundering Braves, who had only two hits in their 11th loss in 16 games.
Bob Klapisch / NorthJersey.com:
Pelfrey may have big future — ATLANTA — Mike Pelfrey's moment of truth arrived in the fifth inning, just as he unleashed a 3-2 pitch to Kelly Johnson. With runners on first and second, the Braves were stirring, hopeful they'd finally cracked the code on Pelfrey's 95 mph fastball.
Janie McCauley / Associated Press:
Oakland 8, Detroit 7, 10 innings — OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — The Tigers can't afford to collapse the way they did Sunday. The defending AL champions need a big September to guarantee another October run. — Detroit led the rubber game with Oakland 7- before blowing a chance to gain …
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Associated Press:
M's suffer season-high 9th straight loss — TORONTO (AP) — Manager John McLaren is amazed that a nine-game losing streak hasn't killed Seattle's playoff hopes. — Matt Stairs and Gregg Zaun each hit two-run homers, A.J. Burnett pitched seven sharp innings and the Toronto Blue Jays beat …
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Bill Ladson / MLB.com:
Chico strong, then Nats win on walk-off — Lefty allows homer in seven innings; Zimmerman gets key hit — WASHINGTON — A few hours before his start against the Giants, Nationals left-hander Matt Chico went into Robert F. Kennedy Stadium with a different frame of mind.
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Lee's 2-run HR rallies Cubs by Astros — CHICAGO (AP) — Before Derrek Lee even had a chance to look at the big, old-fashioned scoreboard at Wrigley Field, a helpful Cubs fan let him know what he needed to do. — Lee drove in three runs, including a go-ahead two-run homer in the eighth inning …
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Joel Sherman / New York Post:
WILLIE ON THE GRILL — PLAYERS AND BRASS QUESTIONING SKIPPER'S STRATEGY, METS' FIRE — INCREDIBLY, we have reached September and the New York manager on the hottest seat is not Joe Torre. — Obviously, Torre is managing for his job this month, needing at minimum the playoffs and maybe a championship to be retained.
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T.R. Sullivan / MLB.com:
Notes: Blalock ready to get back in fire — Slugger activated from DL, will start at DH in Sunday's finale — ANAHEIM — Hank Blalock is returning to the Rangers lineup. — Blalock was activated off the disabled list on Saturday and manager Ron Washington said he is planning on using …
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Kevin Baxter / Los Angeles Times:
Padres' Peavy dominates for seven innings — Right-hander gives up only two hits and strikes out nine, and is backed by Cameron's grand slam. — SAN DIEGO — The Dodgers called up two of their top prospects before Saturday night's game, a move Manager Grady Little suggested was mostly …
Derrick Goold / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Doctors agree: Surgery for Rolen — When he no longer wanted the ball hit to him at third base for fear he wasn't healthy enough to make the throw to first, Scott Rolen knew his season was essentially over. — Rolen will meet with team officials and medical personnel in the next few days …
Associated Press:
A-Rod shakes off bat flap in Yanks' win — NEW YORK (AP) — Undaunted by a bizarre bat flap, Alex Rodriguez homered and drove in four runs to back Ian Kennedy's impressive major league debut and lead the New York Yankees past the Tampa Bay Devil Rays 9-6 on Saturday.
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