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- Updated: April 29, 2016
BOSTON — Nick Markakis entered Thursday’s season-series finale against the Red Sox at Fenway Park with just one hit in the first three games of the four-game, home-and-home series, hitting .273 for the season.
While he had seen Red Sox starter Clay Buchholz plenty in his nine seasons in the American League East with the Orioles, Markakis had little to show for it. He was just 6-for-41 (.146) with three RBIs, seven walks and six strikeouts against the right-hander before the Braves’ 5-3 win over Boston on Thursday.
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But Markakis went 4-for-5 Thursday night — a season high in hits and one shy of his career high — with three RBIs, raising his batting average 32 points to .305.
His four hits are the most he’s recorded since going 4-for-4 with three runs scored and a walk at Toronto on April 17, 2015. He did most of his damage against Buchholz, going 3-for-4 with all his RBIs coming against the Red Sox’s right-hander.
“Just seeing the ball,” Markakis said. “If you look at my track record against him in the past, it’s not very good. I just went up there with the approach to try to hit …
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