Is Clay Buchholz a bust for this season? He struggled early in the season and was sent down to the PawSox to work on his arm angle. The Red Sox were very patient with him and waited until they believed he had worked out his problems before bringing him back up. He has now made two starts since returning and there has been little if anything positive about either one. Last night Clay’s performance was dismal. Jerry Remy noted that he was not effective with any of his pitches and made too many mistakes leaving pitches up and over the plate. Angels hitters feasted on him, Garret Anderson owned him. Batters are now hitting .294 against him.
The Sox Offense showed some power early with home runs by Youk and Manny but then was shut down by the Angels and only managed 5 hits for the game. Cora made a costly 2 out error in the game…will the Cora bashing begin? Lopez was a disaster in relief giving up 4 hits and 3 earned runs in 2/3 of an inning. Overall a bad start to the second half but Ortiz did hit another homer last night for the PawSox, maybe he can bring Masterson with him when he returns to Boston.
Sox Lose 11-3 BOX SCORE
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