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Clay Buchholz hadn't started a game since last July—and it showed. The right-hander was pummeled for four runs in the first inning, putting his team in a hole right from the start. The Boston offense overcame the crappy Buchholz start—eventually taking a 6-5 lead. But the vaunted bullpen emulated the starter—coughing up two more runs (including a game-winning HR by old friend
Mike Napoli) in
a 7-6 loss. Boston's long-ball offense was paced by
Brock Holt (2-run HR),
David Ortiz (career HR #505), and
Hanley Ramirez (solo HR)—but it just wasn't enough. Unfortunately, we may need to get used to a long line of these non-
David Price starts from the rest of this pedestrian rotation.
