Deadspin | Walker Buehler looks to stop June swoon as Red Sox visit Angels

[ad_1] Jun 11, 2025; Boston, Massachusetts, USA; Boston Crimson Sox beginning pitcher Walker Buehler (0) delivers a pitch throughout the first inning towards the Tampa Bay Rays at Fenway Park. Obligatory Credit score: Paul Rutherford-Imagn Pictures Walker Buehler will make his first begin in Southern California since serving to the Los Angeles Dodgers seize the 2024 World Sequence title when the Boston Crimson Sox open a three-game sequence with the Los Angeles Angels on Monday in Anaheim.

Buehler signed a one-year, $21.05 million contract with the Crimson Sox after ending the playoffs with a streak of 13 1/3 scoreless innings. That included choosing up the win as a starter in a 4-2 victory over the Yankees in Sport 3 of the World Sequence and a save in a series-clinching 7-6 win in Sport 5.

The 30-year-old right-hander is 5-5 with a 5.95 ERA this season with the Crimson Sox however has struggled badly in June, permitting 16 earned runs in simply 12 1/3 innings (11.68 ERA). He allowed a season-high eight earned runs on eight hits and 4 walks over 3 1/3 innings in an 8-0 loss in his final begin on Tuesday at Seattle.

Buehler, the topic of commerce rumors, mentioned it is "type of again to the drafting board just a little bit.

"It (stinks) to fail on that type of stage with type of the place our staff is at and the way we have been feeling about ourselves and beginning to play actually good baseball. And to be an older man that was introduced in right here to type of attempt to assist lead, and to carry out the best way I've been, it is robust and embarrassing."

Buehler is 1-0 with a 3.92 ERA in 4 profession begins towards the Angels.

The Crimson Sox are 3-3 on their nine-game street journey after dropping two of three video games over the weekend to the San Francisco Giants, together with a 9-5 setback on Sunday afternoon.

Rob Refsnyder, Romy Gonzalez and Ceddanne Rafaela every homered within the loss for Boston, which dedicated two errors that resulted in 5 unearned runs. One got here on a mushy liner by Mike Yastrzemski that went off the glove of Gonzalez for an error, permitting Casey Schmitt to attain what proved to be the profitable run within the seventh inning.

"That play has gotta be made, easy as that," Gonzalez mentioned. "We're main leaguers. That play must be made 100 out of 100 instances."

Boston gave up eight unearned runs within the three-game sequence.

"I do not know what number of (unearned runs) there have been however we have got to play higher protection," Crimson Sox supervisor Alex Cora mentioned. "The entire weekend was type of sloppy in that division."

Angels right-hander Jack Kochanowicz (3-8, 5.38) will make his first profession towards Boston on Monday and can attempt to snap a six-start winless streak. He's 0-3 in that stretch.

The Angels dropped two of three video games to the American League West-leading Houston Astros over the weekend however went right down to the wire earlier than dropping, 8-7, in Sunday's rubber match.

Trailing 8-6 getting into the underside of the ninth, Zach Neto led off along with his first profession pinch-hit house run off Astros nearer Josh Hader. Two outs later, Nolan Schanuel, who had homered earlier, doubled off the underside of the fence in right-center, setting the stage for a showdown between Hader and three-time American League MVP Mike Trout. Trout then lined a 3-1 slider proper at heart fielder Jake Meyers to finish the sport.

"Mike hit the ball proper on the screws," Angels bench coach Ray Montgomery mentioned. "That is all you are able to do for those who're Mike, simply hit the ball proper on the screws. Dangerous intention."