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In for E-Rod, Owens hit hard; Buchholz starts Tuesday
- Updated: August 21, 2016
DETROIT — Henry Owens was recalled from Triple-A Pawtucket to start Sunday against the Tigers in place of Eduardo Rodriguez, who is experiencing lingering tightness in his left hamstring. Deven Marrero was optioned to Pawtucket to make room for Owens on the roster.
In Boston’s 10-5 loss, Owens allowed eight runs on six hits over five innings, striking out six while walking five (one intentional).
Owens gave up a pair of three-run home runs to Justin Upton, pushing his ERA to 7.79 in four starts with the Red Sox this season. Manager John Farrell elected to intentionally walk Miguel Cabrera to load the bases in the third before J.D. Martinez hit a two-run double that was followed up by Upton’s first homer.
“It’s a pick your poison situation with Cabrera and J.D. Martinez, so you load the bases, and he’s working through the at-bat against Martinez in pretty good shape,” Farrell said. “He gets in a 1-2 count and Martinez ends up putting the bat on the ball on a changeup that was off the plate away, and pokes it inside the first-base bag.”
Owens racked up five strikeouts in the first two innings, keeping the Tigers from putting a ball in play. He had even limited the damage until Martinez delivered. He said he was happy with the location of the changeup to Martinez, but he wasn’t able to capitalize …
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