The Call For Buchholz Grows

For five innings last night, John Smoltz looked pretty solid. The Red Sox had a 2-1 lead, but the Texas Rangers are a dangerous offensive team, and proved it in the sixth. And Smoltz didn't survive it.When the dust cleared, it was 6-2 and the game was for all purposes over. Smoltz got hammered for 5 runs, three of which were home runs to Michael Young, David Murphy and Jarrod Saltalamacchia. And none of them were cheapies either. They were blasts.Smoltz is now 1-3 with a 6.31 ERA. The hue and cry now will be for Clay Buchholz, who opened the second half with a win and went right back to AAA, to return to Boston. Smoltz has been wildly inconsistent, and I'm sure many fans feel he might be better suited to the pen. But I think the Sox right now are content to wait. They won't make any knee-jerk moves based on last night. But Smoltz has to step it up and take the onus off the Red Sox bullpen.The offense has also sputtered since the break ended. They have scored just 10 runs...