After pitching into the seventh inning in his major league debut against the Rangers last Saturday, Blue Jays left-hander Matt Boyd failed to record an out in his start tonight against the Red Sox.
Boyd allowed seven straight batters to reach base before being pulled. He walked one and gave up six hits in the frame, including back-to-back home runs from David Ortiz and Hanley Ramirez. Liam Hendriks allowed two inherited runners to score after Blue Jays manager John Gibbons brought the hook, so Boyd ended up being charged with seven runs.
In case you were wondering, this sort of thing doesn’t happen very often:
The @BlueJays' Matt Boyd is first AL starter since @Athletics' Blake Stein in 1998 to allow at least 7 runs without recording an out.
— OptaSTATS (@OptaSTATS) July 3, 2015
Boyd’s ERA increased from 5.40 to 14.85 with tonight’s clunker. Hey, it should only get better from here.
