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Buchholz bends, doesn’t break vs. rivals
- Updated: September 17, 2016
BOSTON — Within Clay Buchholz’s last win at Fenway Park on May 9 and the right-hander’s 7-4 victory over the Yankees on Friday night lies a great deal of improvement on the starter’s ability to minimize damage and keep the Red Sox in the game.
After a tough outing in Toronto his last time out, Buchholz bounced back against a club he historically struggles against. Going forward, his outings as a whole may earn him a spot in Boston’s postseason rotation, if it is to reach there.
Entering Friday, Buchholz was 5-9 with a 6.19 ERA against the Yankees and hadn’t won against them since Sept. 15, 2013. On Friday, however, he allowed just two runs to a younger New York lineup. The righty got Gary Sanchez to hit into inning-ending double plays twice to wiggle out of early jams before the Yankees’ rookie doubled off the Green Monster on a changeup in the fifth.
“Given my whole career, I’ve …
