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What they're saying

Red Sox manager Terry Francona on Tim Wakefield:

“I knew he had good stuff. It is a little easier to say that after the eighth inning, but he came out and was good. He was good right up to the end.”

Francona on facing pitchers for the first time:
“You’re going up against guys you haven’t faced, especially the relievers. That’s the first time you get to look at a guy and the next thing you know you’re 0-2 before you see what he has. It’s difficult and I’m sure it’s the same thing for them.”

Wakefield on the momentum he carried over from his last start:
“I felt really confident in the way the ball felt in my hand and the movement that I had. I kind of carried that into today, and Dougie (Mirabelli) did a phenomenal job behind the plate.”

Colorado manager Clint Hurdle on Tim Wakefield:
“He had a good [knuckleball] tonight. He was able to pitch off his fastball a little bit, too. He’s an accomplished guy, who has pitched a lot of big games and he doesn’t get shaken up out there. For a lot of our guys this is their first experience against him. This is the hardest part about interleague play.”

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