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These games are absolute nailbiters, and not least because Paul Byrd -- an ostensible soft-tossing control artist -- seemingly came unglued today, plunking Lew Ford to lead off the third, and in the sixth, throwing as many balls as strikes, including a teeth-gnashing nine-pitch at bat to Torii Hunter. Still, it was a big improvement over his last outing against the Twins, in which he surrendered five earned runs. I don't l...

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