How bad an outing was it for the Red Sox pitching staff? So bad that Alex Cora had to warm up in the bullpen, that’s right, Alex Cora the middle infielder who has not pitched to a batter in his major league career. But hey, he couldn’t throw worse than some of the Red Sox pitchers tonight. Buchholz was bad, (see earlier post) Aardsma was bad, Lopez was bad, and Timlin was bad. Combined they walked 8 batters, gave up 9 hits and 11 runs in 6 innings of work. Okajima came in and pitched well for two innings but there was zero pressure on him. The worst part of this loss was that the Sox jumped out to an early 4-0 lead. Buchholz needs to be removed for the rotation, Beckett and Wake need to get healthy and the Sox starters need to keep the team in the game if they want to catch the Rays.
Sox Lose 11-6 BOX SCORE
UPDATE: After the game Buchhoz was demoted to Portland….not even Pawtucket.
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