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Tim Wakefield set the new mark for Red Sox pitchers last night against Seattle, starting his 382nd game in a Sox uniform, but couldn't come away with his 11th win of the year as Seattle took it in extra innings, 7-6 in 11.Wake broke Roger Clemens' start record, and is still 18 wins behind the Texas Con Man and Cy Young's team record for victories. The night got off to a promising start, as the Sox bolted from the gate with two runs in the first.Seattle scored three runs in the fourth to pull ahead, 4-2, and it stayed that way until the seventh, when J.D. Drew blasted a shot to center to make it, 4-3. But Jose Lopez took Wakefield into the Monster seats in the righth to answer it back and restore the two-run lead.With two on and two out in the bottom of the frame, Nick Green hit a high fly that just missed going in the seats in left by about a foot, but it tied the game at 5. Both teams were stymied the next two innings, but the Mariners broke through in the 11th, on Rob Johnson's tw...
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