Tomorrow night the phenom, Clay “don’t call me Taylor” Buchholz takes the mound for the Red Sox, over a month after being sent down to AAA to work on his command. In his brief stay in Pawtucket, Buchholz showed flashes of brilliance, dominating every team that stepped up to the dish. It wasn’t until his last start for the PawSox that he was roughed up a little bit. Buchholz surrendered 5 earned runs in 5 innings against Lehigh Valley, the last place team in the International North division.

Overall, however, Buchholz brings a 1.63 ERA and 1.16 WHIP to go with 38 K’s in 38 innings to Fenway since being sent down. Buchholz will try to solidify his spot in the lineup against the Baltimore Orioles — the same Baltimore Orioles team that was no-hit by one Mr. Buchholz.

Buchholz has pitched twice in opposition of the Orioles and they have yet to cross the plate with a run in 12 innings.

If Clay can mix up his pitches and continue his strong command from the minors, he should be a fixture in the big leagues. Either way, expect big things from the rookie phenom.

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It’s a shame the Sox have an off day Thursday, one day after pounding the Minnesota Twins with a hitting onslaught. Let’s hope the hitting ways continue tomorrow night, even without David Ortiz, who, by the way, says he is feeling no pain while or after taking batting practice.

It looks like things might be finally starting to come together, this Orioles team seem ripe for the picking –  maybe the Sox can make it 2 sweeps in a row, inching closer to the top spot in the AL East before the All Star break.

We’ll have to watch and see…

Just float that curveball, Clay, float it…much like Henry Rowengartner throwing that eephus to Heddo of the New York Mets — “I haven’t seen the floater pitch since Stuffy McGee!” - Brickman