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March 7, 2008
Red Sox pitcher Clay Buchholz just conclulded his second spring start, allowing three runs on three hits with three strikeouts in three innings of work. The right-hander threw 41 pitches and allowed two home runs. Jonathan Papelbon is now pitching for Boston in the top of the fourth inning.
After the Twins defeated the Sox 7-2 this afternoon at City of Palms Park, manager Terry Francona said this was just another valuable learning experience for Buchholz.
“He has great stuff and I think he’s learning, even if it’s spring training,” said Francona. “If you make a mistake with major league hitters they make you pay a price, and maybe that’s a good thing. We don’t want to see anybody get hit around, but I think, even at this early stage of his career, he knows when he makes good pitches he has the ability to make even good hitters look silly, not just get them out.
“You don’t want to see guys struggle, but because of this [outing] he’ll get better,” added Francona. “He didn’t give in and then went back out and had a good inning.”
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