The Red Sox’ bats showed out in their home opener on Friday, scoring 13 runs in their win over the Cardinals. But their pitching did not.
Walker Buehler had another rough outing in his second start as a member of the Red Sox. The righty allowed five runs on seven hits, one walk, and four strikeouts in five innings as Boston’s pitching staff surrendered nine runs total. The start came a week after Buehler allowed four runs in 4 1/3 innings against the Rangers, bringing his ERA on the young season to 8.68 following Friday’s start.
While Buehler was “very happy” to pick up the win from a team perspective, he felt he “dampened the mood” for himself with his outing on Friday.