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Confounding loss, but Clay Buchholz's outing offers big-picture focus

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OAKLAND, Calif. -- There have been eight pitchers this season who have had starts in which they struck out at least 10 batters and did not walk anyone.

All of those starts resulted in a victory, except one: Boston’s Clay Buchholz, who struck out 11 and issued no walks in eight innings in a game the Red Sox lost, 2-1, to the Seattle Mariners in the bottom of the ninth Friday night.