righty went 7.0 innings deep, allowing three hits and two earned runs while striking out nine. Houck's clean outing set the stage for the Red Sox to run away with a 14-2 victory, further burying the last-place White Sox.
Clay Buchholz was the last one to achieve the feat, doing so in 2013. Before that, Derek Lowe did it in 2002, Pedro Martinez did it in 2000 and Tim Wakefield did it in 1995.Houck looked like he would become a core piece of the Red Sox pitching staff when he first broke into the big leagues, and he held onto that reputation for the better part of three seasons. From 2020 to 2022, Houck went 9-9 with a 3.02 ERA, 1.123 WHIP and 10.