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July 24, 2007
Red Sox manager Terry Francona on Dice-K's outing:
“That’s a good lineup. That’s a major-league game pitched by both guys. You’re not going to see too many 1-0 games here against that lineup.”
Dice-K on his outing:
“I’m grateful for the one run my teammates were able to score, and that obviously made the difference. Since we’ve won a lot of games in a row coming in, I’m very glad I didn’t stop the winning streak.”
Francona on the defense:
“There’s not a play in a 1-0 game that’s not big. You have to make every one in a game like that.”
“When we scored that one run, at the time you don’t know if it’ll hold up. It looked like (Cleveland left fielder Ben Francisco) broke back a step, and fortunately it was one step enough because that’s all we had. Sabathia threw the ball great.”
Dice-K on coming out after seven innings:
“By my own count I was not quite at 100 pitches. I felt okay to continue to pitch in the eighth inning, but the manager came up to me and said ‘Okajima and Papelbon would take it from here’ and when you hear those names it’s tough to argue. My goal going forward is to continue to work hard and ease the burden on our great bullpen.”
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