Clay Buchholz allowed four runs in four innings, and Boston’s defense committed four of the game’s seven errors in an 11-3 loss by the Red Sox to the Atlanta Braves on Tuesday.
Buchholz gave up two earned runs and five hits, striking out six. A throwing error by second baseman Dustin Pedroia led to a pair of unearned runs in the fourth.
Mookie Betts was 2 for 3 and raised his batting average to .462.
Christian Bethancourt had two doubles and scored two runs, and Eric Young Jr. hit a bases-loaded triple in the sixth as Atlanta built a 9-1 lead.