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BOSTON -- Clay Buchholz takes another stab at trying to find the form that made him a two-time All-Star when he faces the Los Angeles Angels in the second game of a three-game series Saturday night.Hector Santiago starts for the last-place Angels, who come in with 10 losses in their last 11 games after falling 5-4 at Fenway Park on Friday night.Exiled to the bullpen last month, Buchholz returned to the rotation because the team had no one else to start in his place -- and he showed decent stuff out of the pen. In two starts since returning, he is 0-2, having allowed eight runs (seven earned) and 11 hits in 10 1/3 innings.In both cases, the first inning was the problem for Buchholz (3-8, 5.90 ERA). The first start opened with a home run, a double and two runs in the first. Last Sunday at Texas, the first six batters reached, five on hits, in a three-run first.Theres been an inning inside of each game where its probably proved to be the difference, Boston manager John Farrell said before Friday nights series opener. Hell settle in for a stretch of innings, a consecutive number of at-bats where hes been very effective, but the ability to go out and execute from Pitch 1 is (of) utmost importance.Buchholz is 6-4 with a 4.83 in 12 career starts against the Angels, who have hit .285 against him over the years. Albert Pujols is 6-for-15 with a home run and Mike Trout 6-for-16 with two homers.Santiago (4-4, 5.27 ERA) won just one of his past eight starts, but he has pitched well in two of the last three. After allowing just five hits and two runs in 12 1/3 innings over his previous two starts, he gave up six runs in seven hits in six innings against the Oakland Athletics his last time out -- Santiago getting a no-decision Sunday in a game the Angels won 7-6.He is 1/3 with a 3.56 ERA in six career games, five starts, against the Red Sox. He is 0-2 with a 6.08 ERA in three appearances, two starts, at Fenway Park. Santiago started twice against Boston last season, going 1-1 with a 3.09 ERA.He has only allowed one home run in 30 1/3 career innings against Boston, and none of the current Red Sox hitters have taken him deep. Xander Bogaerts is 5-for-8, but Mookie Betts is 0-for-6, Hanley Ramirez 1-for-9 and David Ortiz 3-for-11.Santiago tied for the American League lead by allowing 29 home runs last season, and he yielded his 16th and 17th of this season, including a grand slam by Coco Crisp, in his last start, an outing that saw him walk four and throw 116 pitches in his six innings.My stuff was great besides the four walks, Santiago said after that game. Some of the guys I walked are usually aggressive and swinging at those pitches, but all-around I thought it was a good game. It was one bad pitch. ... Take away one pitch (the slam) from the day, and its a completely different game.The turn of the calendar could be a good thing for Santiago, who is 27-32 with a 3.79 ERA lifetime but 6-2 with a 2.67 in the month of July.Trevor May Twins Jersey . In Europe, top teams seem to be largely happy with their squads after spending nearly $1 billion in the off-season. 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Glen Perkins Jersey . -- Al Jefferson found a groove just in time for the Charlotte Bobcats.Captain Joel Selwood has called the work Geelong put into Hawthorns Sam Mitchell an attempt to influence the AFL star.One of the features of the Cats epic qualifying final win over Hawthorn on Friday night was a series of furious physical clashes, with key players such as Selwood and Mitchell frequently involved.At one stage, Selwood and his brother Scott went toe-to-toe with Mitchell in a push and shove.Scott Selwood was recalled specifically to tag the influential Hawthorn utility and it was an eventful duel.We obviously want to influence the players that we think set them up really quite well and Sam is one of those, the Geelong captain said.We have much respect for him.We sat Scott on him for fair periods of the game and then in other parts we let him run free.Asked about the Selwood brothers v Mitchell scrap, the Cats captain said it was not planned.Hawthorn captain Luke Hodge played most of the game with his head bandaged, typifying the games aggression.The match review panel will also probably look at a first-half clash between the Cats captain and Hawks onballer Jordan Lewis.I heard it after the game but Im not sure what the incident was, Selwood said.I dont know that he has too much to worry about.Selwood added the overriding emotion after the game was relief and he said the Cats got out of jail with the two-point win.It was the moost-watched game on free-to-air TV since last years grand final.ddddddddddddCats key forward Tom Hawkins called it one of the best games he had played in and Selwood said they were thankful to reach the preliminary final.Selwood also had sympathy for Hawthorn onballer Isaac Smith, whose shot at goal after the siren went through for a point.The Cats captain said immediately after the ball left Smiths boot, he thought it was a goal and they would have to play the semi-final next weekend against the Western Bulldogs.Hes a very good kick and I actually watched it from in front of him, Selwood said.It came off his boot really well but it just faded away.I did think it was going in.Im sure hed put his hand up to take that kick again one day.The Cats were 17 points behind in the third term and Selwood said they had plenty of room for improvement.We didnt picture the game like it was last night - we probably moved the ball a bit quick at times and allowed them to use the ball, use the game style they wanted, he said.It was a game of inches in the end.Theyre a good footy side and theyre going to hold momentum for a long time.For us, it was just about hanging on and then when we got our opportunities, just to take (them). 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