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Red Sox manager Terry Francona said Beckett has been relying

Posted: 534 days 23 hrs 17 mins ago. | Source rotowire.com
Josh Beckett

Red Sox manager Terry Francona said Beckett has been relying on his cut fastball too much, the Providence Journal reports. Francona was speaking before Thursday's game, referring to Beckett's previous two starts in which the righty gave up 13 runs and 21 hits in 9.2 innings. [...]


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