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From the archives | May 19

Jon Lester throws no-hitter at Fenway Park

Adds historic chapter to his rare story

By Dan Shaughnessy

 |  Globe Columnist  

  May 20, 2008

Jon Lester is 24 years old. He’s a cancer survivor. Now he’s the first Sox lefty to throw a no-hitter since Mel Parnell turned the trick against the White Sox in 1956.

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