SB Nation Boston - Red Sox Sweep Dodgers Out Of Fenway, Buchholz Earns 10th Winhttps://cdn.vox-cdn.com/community_logos/48863/boston-fave.png2010-06-20T20:02:05-04:00http://boston.sbnation.com/rss/stream/12915902010-06-20T20:02:05-04:002010-06-20T20:02:05-04:00Sunday Night Baseball: Red Sox Look To Sweep Dodgers Out Of Fenway
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<p>Boston, MA (<a href="http://www.sbnation.com/mlb/events/53263/recap/107230">Sports Network</a>) - <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="../../../mlb/players/4417/Clay_Buchholz">Clay Buchholz</a> pitched effectively into the seventh to pick up his 10th win of the season, and the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="../../../mlb/teams/BOS">Red Sox</a> shut down the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="../../../mlb/teams/LOS">Dodgers</a>, 2-0, to complete a three-game interleague sweep.</p>
<p>Buchholz (10-4) yielded just three hits and three walks while striking out four in 6 2/3 scoreless innings. The 25-year-old right-hander has pitched to a 1.62 earned-run average over his last eight starts.</p>
<p><a class="sbn-auto-link" href="../../../mlb/players/69494/Daniel_Bard">Daniel Bard</a> recorded four outs behind Buchholz, and <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="../../../mlb/players/298/Jonathan_Papelbon">Jonathan Papelbon</a> closed out Boston's 8-1 homestand in the ninth.</p>
<p><a class="sbn-auto-link" href="../../../mlb/players/291/David_Ortiz">David Ortiz</a> and <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="../../../mlb/players/175/Kevin_Youkilis">Kevin Youkilis</a> each drove in a run, while <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="../../../mlb/players/173/Dustin_Pedroia">Dustin Pedroia</a>, who had the game-winning single on Saturday, went 3-for-4 with a triple and a run scored for the Sox, whose six-game win streak is their longest of the season.</p>
<p><a class="sbn-auto-link" href="../../../mlb/players/31266/Hiroki_Kuroda">Hiroki Kuroda</a> (6-5) was solid in seven innings of work, giving up a mere two runs on six hits and a walk to go with nine strikeouts for Los Angeles, which has dropped four straight.</p>
<p>Buchholz wiggled out of a bases-loaded, one-out jam in the first by fanning <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="../../../mlb/players/639/Garret_Anderson">Garret Anderson</a> and getting <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="../../../mlb/players/91/Casey_Blake">Casey Blake</a> on a comebacker to the mound.</p>
<p>Pedroia got the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="http://www.sbnation.com/mlb/teams/BOS">Red Sox</a> on the board in the bottom half, singling with one out and quickly stealing second. <span>Russell Martin</span>'s throw to second got past the bag, and with the infield shifted for Ortiz, Pedroia alertly advanced to an unoccupied third.</p>
<p>Ortiz was intentionally walked, and Youkilis' check-swing dribbler down the third base line stayed fair, bringing in Pedroia for a 1-0 lead.</p>
<p>The Sox got another run in the third, as <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="../../../mlb/players/61/Marco_Scutaro">Marco Scutaro</a> singled, moved to third on Pedroia's base hit and scored on an Ortiz sacrifice fly to right.</p>
<p>Buchholz induced a double-play lineout off the bat of <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="../../../mlb/players/888/Matt_Kemp">Matt Kemp</a> to end the second and retired 10 straight before tiring in the seventh.</p>
<p>Anderson led off with a ground-rule double to right-center, and Buchholz was pulled after plunking <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="../../../mlb/players/33292/Blake_DeWitt">Blake DeWitt</a> with two outs. <span>Daniel Bard</span> entered and needed just one pitch to get <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="../../../mlb/players/539/Jamey_Carroll">Jamey Carroll</a> on a weak grounder to short.</p>
<p><a class="sbn-auto-link" href="../../../mlb/players/890/James_Loney">James Loney</a> flied out to the warning track in left to end the eighth, and Boston wasted Pedroia's leadoff triple in the bottom half.</p>
<p>Papelbon retired Anderson, Blake and Martin in succession in the ninth to record his 16th save of the season.</p>
<p>Ramirez went 2-for-3 with a walk and finished the series 5-for-12 with a solo homer in his return to Boston, which traded the slugger to LA prior to the trade deadline in 2008...Buchholz joined New York's <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="../../../mlb/players/622/Phil_Hughes">Phil Hughes</a> and Tampa Bay's David Price as the American League's only 10-game winners. All three pitchers are 25-years-old or younger...Red Sox outfielder <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="../../../mlb/players/176/J_D_Drew">J.D. Drew</a> sat out for a second straight game with an injured hamstring...DeWitt left the game after getting hit in the seventh.</p>
https://boston.sbnation.com/2010/6/20/2316716/sunday-night-baseball-red-sox-look-to-sweep-dodgers-out-of-fenwayRyan Hudson