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Article: THE WORLD SERIES; RED SOX NOTEBOOK; Wake's nightmare; Knuckler's start ends very badly.(Sports)
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- The Boston Herald
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- October 24, 2004
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Byline: Jeff Horrigan
It took Tim Wakefield 10 seasons in Boston to get the opportunity to start his first World Series game, but his pitching line in the Red Sox' 11-9 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals at Fenway Park is probably something he'd care to forget.
The knuckleball pitcher allowed five runs on three hits and five walks in 3 2/3 innings and was removed when he struggled to hold a 7-2 lead. The advantage slipped away under reliever Bronson Arroyo, as did a 9-7 lead in the eighth, but the Sox rallied to win Game 1 on Mark Bellhorn's two-run homer.
Wakefield tied a pair of World Series records when he walked four batters in the fourth ...