Buchholz, who had made three, one-inning relief appearances since his last start, gave up eight hits and no walks with six strikeouts to improve to 6-10.
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“He has a precipitous drop off in velocity”, Padres manager Andy Green said. “The stuff is there because you see it in the first three innings”.
“It’s a business. I have to look at it that way”. His solo homer to the right field put the Friars on the board for the first and only time in this game. “You just have to have belief in what you do”.
Added Rosales: “I was just staying on the fastball”. “I learned you have to lay off the curve and the cutter”.
Pomeranz (2-4 for Boston) was an All-Star for the Padres this season and 8-7 in the NL before being traded to the Red Sox in mid-July.
“You have to give Clay a tremendous amount of credit for the mental preparation and being ready to go”, said Boston manager John Farrell of Buchholz, who has gone to a no-windup delivery and changed his arm angle in recent weeks.
San Diego Padres’ Wil Myers tosses away hs bat after striking out against the Boston Red Sox dur …
Adam Rosales provided all of the Padres’ production on a long ball off former Padres left-hander Drew Pomeranz, Brad Hand pitched out of a dicey eighth and Brandon Maurer got pinch-hitter David Ortiz to fly out weakly with a runner on first for the final out to preserve a bounce-back win for Jackson.
Dustin Pedroia 2B Brock Holt LF Xander Bogaerts SS Mookie Betts RF Hanley Ramirez 1B Jackie Bradley Jr.
“That’s a good lineup”, Clemens said. “But I didn’t think it was going out”. Cosart faced Boston in his rookie season with Houston and yielded two runs with five walks over five innings in a no-decision August 7, 2013.WALK-OFFS1. He struck out five with a walk. San Diego pulled off the upset on Monday in the series opener, with the Padres picking up a 2-1 victory.
The Red Sox also recalled catcher Christian Vazquez and right-handers Heath Hembree and Noe Ramirez from Triple-A Pawtucket on Monday. “Like I came out of the box thinking it’s going to hit the wall, it’s going to go right him, I’m going to have to chop my steps up and accept my single. We have a really good club, and everybody knows if they go out and do their little part of whatever it is, we have a good chance to win”.
“(Catcher) Derek (Norris) and myself were able to get in a great groove, ” Jackson said. Baltimore trails the A.L. East co-leaders by one game.
Boston Red Sox starting pitcher Drew Pomeranz works against the San Diego Padres during the first in …
Boston’s win, coupled with Toronto’s loss to the Yankees in NY, leaves the Red Sox and Blue Jays tied with 77-61 records as they prepare to meet in a three-game series this weekend in Toronto.
“Tampa Bay was an encouraging start”, said Farrell.
The Padres activated OF Jon Jay from the 60-day disabled list Tuesday. Jay missed 66 games.
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ROYALS 11, TWINS 5: In Minneapolis, Brian Dozier hit three home runs for Minnesota, but the Royals used homers by Kendrys Morales and Eric Hosmer to get the road win. In his last 36.2 innings of work, Buchholz has a 3-1 record with a 2.95 ERA. The 32-year-old veteran is 0-3 over his past three starts while giving up 18 runs on 23 hits (including four homers) in just 11 2/3 innings.
