When manager Bobby Valentine visited Clay Buchholz on the mound in the first inning on Friday night, he came with a message. "I just wanted Clay to understand that I believed in him and everyone behind him thought he was a good pitcher. Prove it to the guys in front of him," Valentine said. "Now he can look at his record of four wins and say that he's really building on something. He's coming off a good outing the next time he goes out there." Buchholz pitched effectively into the seventh inning, and Dustin Pedroia had three hits and three RBIs as the Red Sox beat the Cleveland Indians 7-5 to snap a three-game skid.
