The initial diagnosis was frightening.
The outlook for the Boston Red Sox is back to ugly.
Clay Buchholz, the Red Sox's top pitcher in a season where their pitching has been nearly nonexistent, was removed from Friday night's start against the New York Yankees, the team his team is chasing in the American League East standings. At the time, it was just more piling on for a Red Sox team that that entered the game four games below .500, a fortunate 5.5 games out of first place and doing everything to not live up to offseason expectations that had them in the postseason.