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Article: Red Sox debut: Gagne just glad it's behind him
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- The Patriot Ledger Quincy, MA
- Article date:
- August 3, 2007
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RED SOX NOTEBOOK
BOSTON - Eric Gagne once saved 55 games in one season for the L.A.
Dodgers.
He once saved 84 games in a row. When he stepped onto the mound at
Fenway Park for only the fourth time in his career Thursday, he
suddenly got hit with a case of the shakes.
"It's just good to get the first one out of the way," said the
newly acquired Red Sox reliever, who threw the ninth inning of a 7-4
win over the Baltimore Orioles.
"I was a little nervous. I had butterflies, but it was fun."
Maybe a little less fun than it should have been considering Gagne
was victimized when third baseman Mike Lowell lost sight of a high
Aubrey Huff fly ball over by the left field boxes. The ball bounced
fair, ...