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May 25, 2008

Buchholz solid in his return

Clay Buchholz has just completed a solid, if not spectacular, rehab appearance with the Pawtucket Red Sox.

Working for the first time since tearing the nail on his right middle finger while pitching for Boston on May 12th, Buchholz went four innings plus one batter in the fifth against Rochester. He allowed three hits and one run, walked two and struck out three.

He threw 63 pitches, 38 strikes. Red Sox management had set 65 pitches as his target for the night. When Buchholz completed the fourth with 55 pitches, he was allowed to go out for the fifth. However, Garrett Jones worked an eight-pitch at-bat that ended with a double down the line in right for Jones. Buchholz was removed in favor of reliever Hunter Jones, who got out of the inning without allowing the runner to score.

Buchholz did not show any aftereffects from the finger problem. He threw regularly in the mid 90s. He relied heavily on his fastball early on, but then mixed in a number of breaking balls toward the end. He also was helped by the fact that Rochester had two runners thrown out on the bases, one trying to steal, another trying to advance on a bobbled ball.

Pawtucket leads the game, 6-1. Chris Carter, who has been red-hot, and Brandon Moss, who also is in Pawtucket on rehab assignment, both have two-run homers.

Posted by Paul Kenyon  at 7:35 PM to Red Sox | Permalink

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