The Red Sox placed pitcher Clay Buchholz on the 15-day disabled list with a broken fingernail on his right middle finger.Buchholz has struggled on the road all season (0-3, 8.64 ERA) but really only had one "bad" outing this season - the 15-9 loss to the Yankees in which he gave up 7 runs in just 3 2/3 innings.
This fingernail thing may explain the back-to-back poor outings for Buchholz, but it will remain to be seen if his command returns in 15 days...
In the meantime the Sox catch a break (if you can call it that). Buchholz's trip to the DL opens a much needed roster spot. The Red Sox called up outfielder Jonathan Van Every from Pawtucket to help in the outfield because JD Drew suffered a wrist injury suffered in Tuesday night's loss to the Orioles, Ellsbury is still nursing a sore knee, Manny's got a sore hammy and Coco's tummy hurts.
Bottom Line: It will be interesting to see when Buccholz returns with Bartolo Colon looming in Pawtucket.
Here are today's lineups for the game at 3:00 PM EST.
Red Sox
1. Jacoby Ellsbury, RF
2. Dustin Pedroia, 2B
3. David Ortiz, DH
4. Manny Ramirez, LF
5. Mike Lowell, 3B
6. Kevin Youkilis, 1B
7. Jason Varitek, C
8. Alex Cora, SS
9. Joanthan Van Every, CF
-- Jon Lester, SP
Orioles
1. Brian Roberts, 2B
2. Jay Payton, LF
3. Nick Markakis, RF
4. Aubrey Huff, 3B
5. Kevin Millar, 1B
6. Ramon Hernandez, C
7. Luke Scott, DH
8. Adam Jones, CF
9. Freddie Bynum, SS
-- Daniel Cabrera, SP
1 comments:
I think it will be at least a month before we see another start for Clay.
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