"I had two stupid pitches that inning," Broxton said. "One of them I got away with, and one of them I didn't."
Broxton entered Friday's game having allowed 14 runs in 17 1/3 innings, and opposing batters were hitting .324 (24-for-74) off him. The bulk of his work has come in high-leverage situations in the eighth, like on Friday when he gave up Ahmed's homer, which was the fourth allowed by Broxton this season.