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Article: A silent night for Red Sox No heroics this time; Dickson lifts Angels
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- April 4, 1997
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ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Red Sox giddiness lasted one night, replaced by
the dull ache of a 2-0 loss to the Angels last night before an
intimate gathering of 17,323 in Anaheim Stadium.
Canadian-born Jason Dickson, 24, a sinkerballing righthander who
made it from Northeastern Oklahoma A&M to the big leagues in just
three years, shut out the Red Sox on five singles.
Boston, which had scored four runs in the ninth to win the opener,
went quietly in its last at-bat. Third base coach Wendell Kim was
the loneliest man in southern California, his high-energy
ministrations wasted on a ball club that failed to advance a runner
to second base all night.
Knuckleballer Tim Wakefield was working on a shutout ...