Clay Buchholz was touched up for five runs against the Indians in his debut on Wednesday. The Red Sox just slogged through a pretty heavy bullpen game, and while neither Kimbrel nor Uehara were used, Uehara did warm up, and even when he’s pitching well, Joe Kelly can sometimes struggle to escape the sixth inning thanks to efficiency issues.
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He got the first out of the first with a strikeout, but after giving up a single, an RBI double and a walk, Buchholz had to pitch to Carlos Santana. It was not a particularly impressive showing, and Buchholz is lined up to face two tough divisional opponents next week in the Orioles and Blue Jays. One of those eight wins came against Cleveland on August 19, when Kelly scattered five hits and an unearned run over six innings.Salazar went through his first full season as a major-league starter in 2015 and established himself as one of the better young arms in the game. They had 10 hits, three of them home runs, including another from David Ortiz.
As soon as Uribe let the ball go, Brock bolted home to give Boston the lead as Swihart went to second. Two of his outs were on line drives caught at the wall, one that ended the game Wednesday.
Kelly has had success against Carlos Santana, who had a three-run homer Wednesday and is 3 for 6 for the series.
“There was some things that I learned today to take for my second start”, Carrasco said.
“I’m playing against a bunch of my buddies over there”, he said.
ARLINGTON, Texas – Robinson Cano had two home runs and four RBIs, including a two-run blast in Seattle’s decisive five-run ninth inning against Texas.
Red Sox: LHP Eduardo Rodriguez (sore right knee) is scheduled to throw a simulated game in Florida on Sunday. “It was nice to do it against them, but I’m just going out there and trying to win”.
The Boston Red Sox fans lucky enough to be at Monday’s home opener against the Baltimore Orioles now are in for an even bigger treat. “Early on in the game, particularly the first inning, he fell behind in the count on a number of guys, ran his pitch count up”. In his second start last season, the rail-thin right-hander was pounded for nine earned runs and nine hits in 3 1/3 innings at Yankee Stadium, then rebounded with a 16-start stretch in which he posted a 2.80 ERA. Kyle Seager then had a two-run single before Cano’s fourth homer chased Tolleson. In 20115 vs. the Indians he was 1-0 with a 0.00 ERA. He is 0-5 in 10 career starts against Milwaukee. His sacrifice fly to center field tied the game and Holt took third. Lindor grounded to first base for what could have been a double play, but Hanley Ramirez bobbled the ball and got only the out at first.
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Buchholz’s performance typically can be tied to the effectiveness of his signature changeup, which was less than sharp in the first few innings against the Indians.
