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BOSTON -- The New York Yankees were three outs away from becoming legitimate challengers for the American League East title before it all went wrong Thursday.New York, holding a three-run lead after eight innings in the opener of a three-game series against the first-place Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park, was on the verge of pulling within three games in the division.However, Boston rallied for five runs, capped by Hanley Ramirezs three-run, walk-off homer, and pulled out a 7-5 victory.The result left the Yankees (77-69) five games behind the Red Sox (82-64) in the division, three games out of the second AL wild-card spot and licking their wounds heading into the Friday game at Fenway.This one hurts, Yankees manager Joe Girardi said. We gotta bounce back tomorrow. We were in a pretty good position going into the ninth inning, and we werent able to close the deal.The Yankees attempt to bounce back Friday when they face Boston right-hander Clay Buchholz, who not long ago found himself in the bullpen amid speculation the Red Sox might actually release him.Now, the veteran right-hander is back in the rotation, and squarely in the division and wild-card chases as the schedule hits the home stretch.Buchholz (6-10, 5.31 ERA), shelled in his last start at Toronto, faces Yankees rookie Luis Cessa (4-1, 4.34).Buchholz is 2-0 with a 3.68 ERA over his past four starts. However, the outing against the Blue Jays was over after three innings -- six runs, four hits, including a Troy Tulowitzki grand slam, and four walks. The Red Sox slugged their way back into the contest and won the rubber game of the three-game series, 11-8.Their plan that they had today was to go out and make me pitch to them, Buchholz said after that game. You know, obviously with the walks, they cashed all those in. On the flip side of that, it shows kind of character we have on this team coming back, being up, being down.The start before that, Buchholz allowed one run on eight hits in 6 2/3 innings at San Diego, beating the Padres 5-1.He is only 5-9 with a 6.19 ERA lifetime against the Yankees, yielding 19 home runs in 88 2/3 innings.The current Yankees dont have great numbers against Buchholz. Mark Teixeira is 4-for-28 (with two homers), Jacoby Ellsbury 2-for-10, newly signed Billy Butler 4-for-18. However, Didi Gregorius is 2-for-4 and Chase Headley and Brian McCann both 3-for-8.Buchholz has pitched just once against the Yankees this season, a brief relief appearance Aug. 10 in which he induced a double-play grounder from the lone batter he faced.Cessa has never faced the Red Sox and will make his sixth major league start. Last month, he became the second Yankees pitcher to throw quality starts in each his first three major league starts (Masahiro Tanaka was the other, and he ran his career-opening streak to an American League-record 16 straight).Cessa is 2-1 with a 2.79 ERA as a starter, but he is coming off his first career loss. On Sunday against the Tampa Bay Rays at Yankee Stadium, Cessa gave up four runs on five hits in 5 2/3 innings. However, three of the hits were home runs.Obviously, you know when you play at this level, you cant miss your spots because when you do, they usually hit them out, Cessa said after the game. So you got to be better at that, hitting your location.Cessa didnt walk anyone and has yet to walk more than two batters in a game.Looking toward bouncing back in his first Fenway start, he said, Every start is important to me. Every time I go out there, I want to give the best I have, and right now, I just got to focus on the next one. 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Young formally announced his retirement Friday after returning to Rangers Ballpark, his baseball home for all but the last of his 13 major league seasons.Ahead of the second Test between India and England, Sky Sports cricket statistician Richard Isaacs shines the spotlight on new Test venue, Visakhapatnam... Following their excellent draw in Rajkot in the first Test, England head into another city of the unknown when the second Test gets underway in Visakhapatnam on the east coast of India on Thursday morning.The ground with one of the longest venue names in Test history - the Dr. Yeduguri Sandinti Rajasekhara Reddy Andhra Cricket Association-Visakhapatnam District Cricket Association Stadium, Visakhapatnam - will not only host its first Test, but also play host to England for the first time too. Vizag, as it is more popularly known, will become the 24th new Test venue in India and the third in five weeks following Indore and Rajkots introductions against New Zealand and England respectively. Watch some of the best moments from the drawn first Test between India and England in Rajkot The city, surrounded to the north and west by the beautiful Eastern Ghats hills and buffered by the Indian Ocean easing into the Bay of Bengal to its east, is no stranger to international cricket though.From 1988 to 2001, the Indira Priyadarshini Stadium staged five one-day internationals, but was discontinued in favour of the ACA-VDCA Stadium in 2003, despite the capacity of the stadiums being roughly similar.The move has certainly worked in Indias favour, as they have played seven internationals at their new digs (six ODIs and one T20I) and won six of them, only going down to the West Indies by two wickets with three balls remaining in a 2013 ODI. India celebrate a T20 series win over Sri Lanka at Visakhapatnam earlier this year The ground moves its focus to Test cricket for the first time and it is fancied that the pitch is likely to take plenty of spin. However, there have been two Ranji Trophy Group B matches played on this ground since the start of October 2016 and the figures from those games definitely show something different.The first game, between Orissa and Vidarbha, ended in a tame draw, with just 696 runs scored in 282.2 overs of play over four days - a snails pace rate of 2.46 runs per over. Six months half price Upgrade to Sky Sports to watch Man Utd v Arsenal on Saturday and get the first six months half price Assam met Rajasthan in the second of the games a week later and the visitors ran out victors by an innings and eight runs, buut once again, the scoring rate barely broke the bank as 536 runs were scored in 210.dddddddddddd.1 overs, at 2.55 runs per over.The most telling of the statistics from these games was that the seamers took 34 of the 49 wickets to fall, while the spinners collected only 15. James Anderson bowls in the nets as he looks to return from injury for the second Test at Visakhapatnam But, it shouldnt be forgotten that, despite only Amit Mishra and Ishant Sharma having played in a first-class game on this ground back in 2011 for North Zone, India have played regularly in one-day internationals and thats where their record stands up.Especially Mishra, who has fond memories from his last appearance, ripping through New Zealands batting order with 5-18 in six overs in the ODI staged at the ground only a couple of weeks ago.His spin partners, Ravis Ashwin and Ravi Jadeja also have decent records, with four wickets in three games for Ashwin and three in two for Jadeja. Ashwins T20 record of 16 wickets in nine games at only 5.09 runs per over too shows he doesnt mind playing there. Might the move to Visakhapatnam result in a return to form for Ravichandran Ashwin (right)? And then there is Virat Kohli - who with four one-day international appearances at Vizag, has scored 399 runs, at an average of 99.75; innings of 118, 117, 99 and 65.So there is plenty for England to think about ahead of the second Test - they will go into the match with a slight psychological edge after the events in Rajkot, but it will count for little when the first ball is bowled on Thursday at this newest of Test venues. India vs England November 17, 2016, 3:30am Live on Get Sky Sports Get a Sky Sports pass Watch live coverage of the second Test between India and England in Vizag, on Sky Sports 2 from 3.30am on Thursday.Upgrade to Sky Sports now to watch Man Utd v Arsenal this Saturday and get the first six months half price! Also See: Hussain: Dont rush Anderson Signs good for Hameed Live cricket on Sky Get Sky Sports ' ' '