The right-hander improved to 10-3 lifetime in Toronto as he lasted eight innings while allowing one earned run on five hits without walking a batter. Buchholz pitched the normally dangerous Blue Jays tough for most of the night, and he benefitted from some timely defence when needed. ran down a key fly ball to end the sixth inning, and started a big double play to get Boston out of the seventh after Buchholz allowed a one-out single to . came on to pitch a perfect ninth to record his 17th save.
