BOSTON — Clay Buchholz pitched eight innings and got all the run support he needed on Rusney Castillo’s RBI single in the eighth as the Boston Red Sox ended a three-game skid with a 1-0 victory over the Minnesota Twins on Tuesday night.
Buchholz (3-6) struck out eight and scattered three hits before Koji Uehara took over in the ninth and picked up his 11th save to preserve the shutout.
Mike Pelfrey (4-2) had a solid start as he and Buchholz both carried a shutout into the seventh inning, when the Red Sox broke the tie. Xander Bogaerts hit a two-out double off the wall in center and scored easily on Castillo’s single up the middle.
Sandy Leon, who walked after Bogaerts’ double, was thrown out at third to end the inning, but the run counted and Buchholz put the Twins down in order in the eighth. Castillo saved a run in the top of the eighth with a catch on Aaron Hicks’ long fly to the base of the wall in right.
Buchholz got his first win since Boston beat Toronto 6-3 on May 10.
Pelfrey allowed one run and six hits, walking two and striking out one.
The Red Sox ended a dismal month of May by going 1-6 on a road trip, which included a three-game sweep by the Twins in Minneapolis last week.
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