BOSTON – Pedro Hernandez stood in the visiting locker room at Fenway Park, removed his nameplate from above his locker and stashed it away in his belongings.

Less than 30 minutes after his major league debut, the 23-year-old was headed back to the minors.

“That was happening, no matter if he pitched a perfect game,” Chicago manager Robin Ventura joked after the White Sox lost 10-1 to the Boston Red Sox on Wednesday night.

The left-hander from Venezuela was far from perfect.

Hernandez, who pitched for the TinCaps in 2010, was hammered for eight runs on 12 hits, including a pair of three-run home runs by Cody Ross and a solo shot from Adrian Gonzalez, and lasted just four-plus innings after being recalled from Triple-A Charlotte earlier in the day. He walked one and struck out two.

“It’s a bittersweet experience,” Hernandez said through a translator. “It’s one of those (things) that you come up here and you really get to see the talent of these players. I was happy to be here, but by the same token, sad that I didn’t get to help out the team. So, it’s something you learn from and keep going from there.”

Hernandez was 7-2 with a 2.75 ERA at Double-A Birmingham before making two starts at Charlotte.

He left Fenway with an ERA of 18.00.

“Just one of those days. He’s got good stuff, though,” Ventura said of his 10th different starting pitcher this season.

“I think that’s one of the things you see pieces of it in there, pitches he was making in other counts, in other batters. He’ll grow from it, learn.”

Left-handed reliever Donnie Veal will take Hernandez’s spot on the roster.

Ross hit three-run homers in consecutive innings and Felix Doubront pitched six solid innings for Boston.

Gonzalez added a solo homer and drove in four runs, and Jacoby Ellsbury had three hits for the Red Sox.

Paul Konerko had an RBI single and walked twice for the White Sox, who lost for the fourth time in 12 games.

The Red Sox have won two of three in the four-game series, which concludes tonight.

Chicago’s Kevin Youkilis went 1 for 4 in his third game against his former team of 7 1/2 seasons. He was traded to the White Sox on June 24.

Boston’s first four batters in the order were a combined 10 for 15 with nine runs and 10 RBI through six innings.