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Clay Buchholz just finished a difficult night as he pitched for Pawtucket against Buffalo at McCoy Stadium.

The rangy right-hander, who had clearance to go to 100 pitches, was removed after three innings. He allowed six hits and two runs as his team trailed, 2-0. He walked two and struck out three. Buchholz needed 73 pitches (49 strikes) to get through the three innings. He threw 36 in the third inning alone, the inning in which Buffalo scored its two runs.

The Bisons scored when Aaron Herr lofted a broken bat single to center with two on and two outs. Brad Snyder followed with another soft single, this one to left, to make it 2-0

Buchholz is 2-3 with a 5.53 ERA in eight starts for Boston this season. He was sent to Pawtucket after injuring a finger on his pitching hand. Tonight was his fourth start for the PawSox. It followed an outing in which Buchholz pitched five shutout as Charlotte last Wednesday.

Several Boston officials, including pitching coach John Farrell, are at McCoy for the game. Farrell took in the game from the stands behind home plate with Jason McLeod, Boston’s director of amateur scouting.

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