Buchholz didn't have his best stuff and struggled to find the strike zone all night (5 BBs). But he managed to keep the team in the game giving up only three runs. Jenks gets stuck with the loss pitching horribly (0.1 IP, 1 K, 4 H, 1 BB, 4 R). I had Jenks on my fantasy baseball team last year and I remember him being good most of the time but occasionally having days like today. Hopefully he doesn't make a habit of it.
Interesting play in the top of the first. Jays have two on when Lind hits a ball towards the Pesky Pole. It goes into the stands right around the pole and the ump calls it a 3-run home run. Replays showed it skipped behind the pole but it was hard to tell where foul territory was and what was in play (see the photo). There's a space between where the yellow line on the wall meets the foul pole and that's right where the ball hit. The umps ended up reviewing the call and deciding it was a foul ball. Someone should get those lines matched up though to avoid future confusion.
(Sorry, only photo I could find. Note the space between the line on the wall and the pole!)
Sox batters caught a few breaks today scoring 3 runs in the 8th with two outs. Pedroia hit a Monster homer and Youkilis had a nice drive to straight away center. Still, Crawford put up another 0-5 though and Drew was 0 fer as well. Having a .185 OBP leadoff hitter cannot be good for this offense. It's time to shake things up.
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