Athletics pitcher Jesse Chavez got knocked around in his start against the Red Sox on Saturday. The right-hander worked five innings, giving up four runs on a season-high 10 hits. He walked one and struck out five.
Chavez (2-6, 2.51 ERA) got into an early hole when he gave up a two-run home run to Hanley Ramirez in the first inning. He then allowed two more runs in the third, and did not record a 1-2-3 inning all afternoon.
This was a step back for Chavez, who had entered the game having allowed just one unearned run over his last two starts (16 innings).
"The only small difference I saw was he was a little bit up," A's catcher Stephen Vogt said, per MLB.com. "Typically, if he makes a mistake over the plate, it's down, and today he made a couple out and over the plate that he doesn't do, so that was a little different. But if you go back and watch, he still made some good pitches."
He'll look to right the ship in his next start, scheduled for Friday in Los Angeles against the Angels.