Clay Buchholz refused to let that happen.
Buchholz struck out the side in the first after Reyes’ hit and went on to outpitch Mark Buehrle, leading the Boston Red Sox to a 2-1 victory over the Miami Marlins on Tuesday night.
“Every time I watch (Buehrle) pitch, that’s how the games are — really quick tempo, not a whole lot of runs,” Buchholz said. “He’s just the type of guy that he has grown to be. It was fun and glad we came out on top.”
The game was scoreless until Kelly Shoppach hit an RBI double in the seventh inning and came home on a single by Mike Aviles for Boston, who snapped a fourgame skid.
“If it wasn’t for Shoppy doing what he did and was able to get into scoring position,” Aviles said. “I was just trying to battle and not hit the ball in the infield. I was fortunate enough that the ball blooped in there.”
Logan Morrison hit a leadoff home run in the Miami seventh.
Buchholz (7-2) allowed five hits and struck out a seasonhigh nine in seven innings.
“Clay was absolutely fantastic,” Red Sox manager Bobby Valentine said.
Reliever Vicente Padilla escaped a jam in the eighth and Alfredo Aceves closed for his 15th save in 18 opportunities.
Buehrle (5-7) gave up five hits in seven innings. He lost for the first time in interleague play since 2007 when he pitched for the Chicago White Sox against the Cubs, a span of 16 starts.
“A good pitched game by both teams,” Buehrle said. “It was who was going to make the mistake first, and it was me.”
The crowd of 29,326 was treated to a second straight night of baseball with the roof open. The Marlins elected to retract it Monday in hopes of snapping a six-game losing streak, and they won. The trend did not continue, however, as Miami dropped to 3-3 with the roof open in its new ballpark.
The Marlins threatened in the eighth as Omar Infante and Hanley Ramirez singled, but Giancarlo Stanton struck out for the fourth time as Padilla preserved the lead.
Morrison singled off Aceves to begin the ninth, but the reliever kept him from scoring the tying run.
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