Game 157 Recap/Game 158 Preview

TOR – 411 010 100 – 8 – 11 – 0BOS – 110 000 050 – 7 – 14 – 1For the second straight night the Sox squandered a chance to clinch the wild card against a pitcher they were hitting hard with some untimely hitting (featuring four double plays) while getting a woeful starting pitching effort; this one from Clay Buchholz. The loss was the fifth in a row for the Sox.Buchholz was simply awful giving up home run after home run and several other bullets in the process. From my seat at Fenway it looked like his slider, usually his #4 pitch was actually his best pitch which might explain the gruesome first inning. Rather than expecting to use the slider he sort of had to stumble upon its use and by the time he did bad things were happening.The other thing I noticed was that the changeup did not seem to be much in evidence. You folks watching at home may have had a better view on this so correct me if I am wrong but I do not recall the changeup being used much at all.- Offensively the Sox have o...