Clevinger has a 2.91 ERA over his last nine starts.
A steady drizzle and rain did nothing to dampen Mike Clevinger’s strong finish to the 2023 season.
Clevinger was sharp again Sunday, doing his best to put the Sox in position to win a series for the first time since Aug 7-9 and avoid 100 losses with six innings of two-run ball against the Red Sox at Fenway Park.
Clevinger’s day was done after rain delayed the game with the Sox leading the Red Sox 3-2 after six innings.
For the fifth straight start, Clevinger did not walk a batter, the longest streak for a Sox pitcher since LaMarr Hoyt had six straight games with no bases on balls in 1983.
Clevinger did not strike out a batter, but held the Red Sox to five hits. He was coming off a complete game against the Nationals Monday in which he allowed one run. The last Sox pitcher to throw two straight complete games was Lucas Giolito in 2019. One of those was rain-shortened to five innings.
Clevinger owns a 2.91 ERA over his last 13 starts and a 3.41 ERA this season.
Shortstop Elvis Andrus’ double in the fifth against Kutter Crawford scored Gavin Sheets and Korey Lee, and Sheets’ sacrifice fly in the sixth scored Eloy Jimenez.
