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Wakefield shows real improvement

Simulated game is a step forward

Jason Bay strolls past bench coach Brad Mills upon returning to the dugout after homering in the fifth inning. (Bill Greene/Globe Staff)

By Adam Kilgore

Globe Staff / August 11, 2009

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Tim Wakefield took his most significant step yet to returning to the Red Sox rotation yesterday, throwing a simulated game on the Fenway Park mound hours before the Sox played the Tigers. Wakefield’s obstacle remains weakness in his left calf stemming from a nerve injury, but both the health of his arm and the quality of his pitching is unaffected. (Full article: 1138 words)