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The most amazing part of
Felix Doubront's pitching performance last night was that when he hit 85 pitches it was the
sixth inning, not the
second. To paraphrase a character in the
'Airplane!' movie: "Felix picked the wrong night to stop stinking". The other "Sox" hurler—Chicago's
Jose Quintana—took a no-hitter through 6 1/3 innings and shut down Boston's bats in the process. Doubront's one major lapse—a two-run HR to light-hitting octogenarian
Jeff Keppinger—spelled ultimate defeat in
the 3-1 loss. The Red Sox had their chances—like when
Stephen Drew struck out with the bases loaded—but this one seemed out-of-reach anyway. At least the Empire lost as well.
