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Ryan Dempster may have staved off the starting job executioner. The righty—well-rested thanks to his
A-Plunk suspension—actually carried a no-hitter through five innings last night in
a tight 4-3 Red Sox win. He went 6 1/3 and gave up three earned runs. The key hits for Boston were another RBI single for
Shane Victorino and a two-run single for
David Ortiz (breaking up an 0-23 string).
The Carmine Hose had a 4-0 lead over the
Pale ones, but Chicago stormed back to within one.
Koji Uehara got his 15th save with another 1-2-3 ninth. Billy Beane's Boys helped out with a 4-3 win over Tampa (with ex-Red Sox
Jed Lowrie and
Coco Crisp hooking up to produce the winning run). Boston's lead is now 3.5 over the Rays.
