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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.Clearance Ray Ban Sunglasses . 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