| Derek Lowe was acquired along with Jason Varitek for Heathcliff Slocumb in possibly the best move made by then Boston Red Sox GM Dan Duquette, at the 1997 trading deadline and arguably the worst trade in Seattle Mariners history. He threw a no-hitter against the Tampa Bay Devil Rays on April 27, 2002 [1]. He earned a special place in the history of the Red Sox] by pitching 7 scoreless innings in Game Four of the 2004 World Series against the St. Louis Cardinals on October 27, 2004, thus clinching Boston's first world championship since 1918. He moved to the Los Angeles Dodgers as a free agent after that season.
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