Well, you can't win 'em all. Buchholz struggled with his control today giving up 12 hits and 2 free passes to 5 Ks in 6 2/3. He was lucky to have gotten away with only 4 runs although he did do a very good job of keeping the ball in the park. The O's scored three times on sac flys and 2 of their runs came on poor defensive plays by the Sox. In the 2nd, Gonzalez didn't rush to get a groundball hit slowly down the line so it ricochets off the first base bag and allows a run to score. In the 5th, Buchholz wasn't able to cover 1st in what should have been a double play. The next batter, Jones, hits a sac fly to plate Lee.
Still, 4 runs is a winnable ball game especially with the Orioles pitching staff. But the Sox batters looked lost all day. Seemed like there were a lot of easy pop ups and groundballs hit right at the infielders. Sox were aggressive (14 of their 36 PAs were 3 pitches or less) but couldn't get good contact.
Tomorrow's matchup is more difficult in Guthrie. Beckett's no chump either though!
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