Rosales hit his career-high ninth homer of the season in the fourth, and the San Diego pitchers made it stand up.
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The former Padres ace got outpitched by Edwin Jackson on Monday and the Boston Red Sox fell to San Diego 2-1.
Brandon Maurer worked the ninth for his eighth save in 13 chances. “We kind of talked between starts and it just felt like he wasn’t finishing out front”. “The stuff is there because you see it in the first three innings”.
“He followed the game plan today to a tee”.
– Hanley Ramirez (1-for-5) and Xander Bogaerts (1-for-4) each got a hit.
Buchholz struck out six and walked none in 62⁄3 innings, surviving eight hits with a little help from righty Matt Barnes to end the seventh inning. “That was the information that he told me”. He has gone on stretches where he looks unhittable, and others where he could not get anyone out.
Rays slugger Evan Longoria left with soreness in his right hand.
Because he was pitching well. Pedroia has six hitting streaks of 10 or more games this season.
The Red Sox lead the majors in runs but had scored just once in their past two games, both losses.
But the Red Sox notched five runs in the middle innings for their 16th win in their last 25 games. But in his last five outings (two starts, three relief appearances), the right-hander has allowed four runs on 14 hits with four walks and 13 strikeouts over 15 1/3 innings for a 2.35 ERA. “I was struggling with my rhythm and timing and I had a hard time locating some of my pitches. I would have liked to have gotten through that sixth inning, but it didn’t happen”.
Drew Pomeranz found it no big deal to be back at Petco Park. He threw 66 of his 105 pitches for strikes but was an out away from turning in his 17th quality start, majority in a Padres uniform.
Green said it’s imperative Clemens “finds the answer” to his declining velocity. “He was good – flipping the curveball wherever he wants to”. We wanted to force him off the mound to field his position and we wanted to catch some heaters in – be aggressive to the pull side. It also doesn’t hurt that right now they’re playing one of the sad sack teams in the National League, the Cincinnati Reds. “Sometimes that’s all it takes”. Pomeranz said. “It’s a lovely ballpark”. I knew he had a good curveball. It’s a tough pitch to lay off of. It was just one pitch.
“It definitely wasn’t one of my best days”, he said.
Buchholz has never faced the Padres in his 10-year career. The last start Buchholz made was on August 23 against the Rays.
Yoan Moncada started his fourth straight game at third base but went 0-for-4 with four strikeouts and has now struck out in seven straight at-bats. “I was able to come out and throw strikes”.
Chris Young’s pinch-hit homer off reliever Brad Hand to open the eighth cut the Padres’ lead to 2-1.
After scoring only one run over their last 21 innings, the Red Sox got on the board against the Padres on Tuesday with back-to-back home runs by Jackie Bradley Jr. and Chris Young in the fourth inning.
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DH David Ortiz flew out as a pinch-hitter for the final out Monday with the tying run on first.
