First things first, Clay's strikes/pitches ratio was outstanding tonight at 0.653, which translated to a very strong start and a Red Sox win against a good Twins team. It sure would have been sweet to have three in a row against top teams in the AL, but I'll take the 2 out of 3 given that Monday night was just a choke job by one guy (a very important guy, but still just one guy). With the win, the Red Sox are still 8.5 games out of first, but only 4.5 games out of the Wild Card, which based on the torrid pace the Rays are on, is what the Red Sox should be shooting for.
Also, in a strange way, I was glad to read that they put Beckett on the DL. You never want to see a guy get hurt, but I'm interpreting this as there really is something physically wrong with him, which lessens the sting of his poor start to the season. Hopefully with the downtime, his back heals up and he comes back in a few weeks in the form that we all expected him to be in at the start of the season.
Back to Buchholz, he's been the best of the starters so far this year, leading the team in ERA, ERA+ and Wins. Let's hope that the other guys start following suit!
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