Three homers back Buchholz

The Red Sox came back out last night to face off against the Miami Marlins at Fenway Park, Boston. Logan Morrison started off Clay Buchholz's night with a two-run home run for the Fish, but David Ortiz got it right back in the bottom of the first with a two-run laser of his own. Then in the second Kelly Shoppach lined one over the Green Monster for a 4-2 Boston lead, and after another Morrison RBI, Cody Ross nailed a bomb to the Monster seats in his return from the DL to make it 5-3. But the Marlins weren't finished yet. In the fifth, Morrison came right back with a two-run double to tie it up at five; he had all 5 Miami RBIs. I was happy that the Boston offense had done so much in the game and were starting to heat up. In the bottom of the fifth, Adrian Gonzalez put the Sox up for good with a sacrifice fly, then Will Middlebrooks tacked on another with a long double. Buchholz exited after six innings, giving up 9 hits and five runs. However, Matt Albers, Andrew Miller, Vincente Padilla and Alfredo Aceves were all able to throw shutout ball in relief, and Buchholz earned his ninth win of the season.


It is interesting to note that Buchholz had been having an extremely strong streak before this five-run game, and still earned the win giving up this many runs. It seems like the Boston offense is making sure to give him enough runs to win, as he has won his last 4 starts and looks to build in his next start. Meanwhile, the Atlanta Braves defeated the New York Yankees 4-3, knocking the New Yorkers out of their 10-game winning streak and getting the Sox a bit closer to the Yanks. Tonight Ricky Nolasco goes against Felix Doubront in the second game of the Miami-Boston series, while the Yanks are down 6-2 to Atlanta in the fifth as I write this.