Last night, against the Cleveland Indians, Buchholz lasted six innings and allowed only five hits. Any baseball manager would be pleased with that, at first, until it’s noted that one of those hits was a three-run blast by Jason Kipnis on the first pitch in the at-bat.
The Fenway Park faithful watched as Buchholz made quick work of the Indians in the first two innings before a single, a walk, and then the home run ripped the Red Sox two-run lead away in the third inning. A sacrifice fly by Jose Ramirez later in the inning sealed the loss for Boston’s starting pitcher, making his record 2-4, ironically the same as the game score, and bringing him to a 5.