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Clubhouse reaction to no-hitter

Clay Buchholz on Clay Buchholz:

“If anybody would have said to me I’d come out [in my second big-league start] and did what happened today, I would have called them a liar. This is what you dream about growing up. This is unreal.”

Buchholz on the emotion of the night:

“I don’t even know a word for it. I was so excited and ecstatic about everything . . . You would think we won a World Series or something. It was an incredible moment of my life and something I’ll never forget.”

Buchholz comparing how he felt before this game compared to his major-league debut on Aug. 17:

“I was still nervous. It wasn’t the same kind of nervous, though. At least I knew what to expect from the crowd and everything else, but today I was just nervous like any other baseball game you play in. I felt a little better coming out of the gate.”

On the Red Sox giving him an opportunity:

“It’s a once in a lifetime opportunity for me. It’s what you dream about coming up. I feel like nothing can go wrong right now. I’m going to try to keep everything on an even plane. It’s just a dream come true.”

Red Sox pitcher Bryan Corey was told to warm up in the eighth inning because of Buchholz’s pitch count, and his allotment of innings he’s pitched this season. As the right-handed reliever began to throw, it was probably the first time in his career he didn’t want to enter the game.

“I’m glad he went [the distance],” said Corey, who was called up from Pawtucket yesterday afternoon. “That’s not a game I want to come in to. He had an opportunity to do something special, let him go.”

Red Sox manager Terry Francona:

“That’s about as nervous and excited as a lot of us have been in a long time. That was something to see.”

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