The Sox look to start the unofficial second half off the way they ended the first half, on a winning note. The two best teams, record-wise, in the AL will
square off starting tonight. GO SOX!!!
BOS: RHP Clay Buchholz (2-4, 5.70 ERA)
Buchholz returned to the Red Sox's rotation for the first time in two months on Friday, and it certainly wasn't the most pristine outing of his career. Buchholz lasted just five innings, allowing four runs and walking five. But he did look awfully strong at times, striking out the side in the third and finishing with six strikeouts overall.
BOS: RHP Clay Buchholz (2-4, 5.70 ERA)
Buchholz returned to the Red Sox's rotation for the first time in two months on Friday, and it certainly wasn't the most pristine outing of his career. Buchholz lasted just five innings, allowing four runs and walking five. But he did look awfully strong at times, striking out the side in the third and finishing with six strikeouts overall.
LAA: RHP John Lackey (6-2, 2.46 ERA)
In his past two starts, Lackey has allowed 12 runs on 23 hits in just 11 2/3 innings.
Sox Stuff
The Red Sox are 13-2 in home series this season, a stat that has helped keep Boston near the top of the AL East for much of the year. ... Boston's 57 wins
before the All-Star Game tied the 1978 squad for the most wins by a Red Sox team before the break since 1956. ... Dustin Pedroia finished with 124 hits before
the break, one shy of the Red Sox record of 125 hits held by Wade Boggs in 1987 and Nomar Garciaparra in 2003.
