Clay Buchholz

After sweeping the Angels, the Red Sox look to reach .500 for the first time this season when they take on Zach Britton and the Orioles Tuesday night. Britton, who has never faced Boston, enters the game with a 3-1 record and 3.16 ERA in his rookie campaign.

The 23-year-old lefty came storming out of the gates, allowing just seven hits and one run over 13 2/3 innings in his first two starts against the Rays and Rangers, both wins. Britton has come down to earth a bit in his last two starts, though. He has given up 13 hits and eight runs over 12 innings in a loss to the Indians and a win against the Twins.

Opposing Britton will be Clay Buchholz, who is 1-2 with a 5.31 ERA. After struggling his way to an 0-2 record and 6.60 ERA in his first three starts, Buchholz finally broke into the win column with a 5 1/3 inning, one-run effort against the Athletics on Wednesday. Despite getting the win, Buchholz still struggled to keep guys off base. He gave up six hits and four walks and now has a bloated 1.77 WHIP on the season. He has yet to turn in a single quality start in his four outings.

Buchholz, however, has had plenty of success against the Orioles in his career. He is 5-2 with a 2.98 ERA in nine games and both of his complete-game shutouts have come at the expense of Baltimore, including his no-hitter in 2007.

Current Orioles are hitting .230 against Buchholz. Nick Markakis is hitting just .100 in 20 at-bats and Luke Scott is hitting a measly .063 in 16 at-bats. Mark Reynolds has struck out all three times he has faced Buchholz. Vladimir Guerrero (.417 in 12 ABs) and Brian Roberts (.389 with a 1.078 OPS in 23 plate appearances) have had the most success against the righty.

Buchholz vs. Orioles

Nick Markakis (25 career plate appearances): .100 BA/.280 OBP/.100 SLG, 1 RBI, 4 walks, 4 strikeouts

Brian Roberts (23): .389/.522/.556, 3 RBI, 5 walks, 1 strikeout

Luke Scott (18): .063/.167/.250, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 2 walks, 4 strikeouts

Vladimir Guerrero (12): .417/.417/.417, 2 RBI

Adam Jones (12): .333/.364/.778, 1 HR, 4 RBI, 1 walk

Felix Pie (12): .182/.250/.364, 1 walk

Matt Wieters (12): .364/.417/.545, 1 walk, 2 strikeouts

Cesar Izturis (10): .222/.300/.222, 1 walk, 1 strikeout

Robert Andino (5): .000/.200/.000, 1 walk, 3 strikeouts

Mark Reynolds (3): .000/.000/.000, 3 strikeouts

Jake Fox and Derrek Lee have never faced Buchholz.

Britton vs. Red Sox

None of the Red Sox has ever faced Britton in the big leagues.