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BOSTON _ Pedro Martinez did not make any excuses.
The Red Sox ace Monday gave up as many runs _ eight, seven earned _ as he has in any game in his 10-year Major League career. The Toronto Blue Jays tagged him for nine hits in only three-plus innings. Martinez walked two and struck out four in Boston's season opener against Toronto, an effort that left the three-time Cy Young Award winner with an earned run average of 21.00.
It was bad. But Martinez did not blame anyone except the Toronto hitters.
"They were good pitches. They were just better at hitting them," he said. "I'm only human. I'm going to give it up."
A very human Pedro Martinez was not what the more than 33,000 Red Sox fans hoped to see on Day One of the John Henry Era. Of all ...