PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. -- Rick Porcello couldn't stop the Rays with two outs Sunday, and Tampa Bay kept on hitting in a 13-5 win over the Red Sox.
Porcello allowed eight runs on 10 hits while striking out two, with all eight runs scoring with two outs. Of his 52 pitches, 38 were strikes.
"I don't like the line, but it's a work in progress, and clearly I'm not where I want to be yet," Porcello said. "It doesn't look that good, but I feel like I'm improving."
In contrast, Rays starter Erasmo Ramirez allowed just one run in four innings in his second start of the spring, his fortunes markedly different than his debut Tuesday, when Tigers hitters scored five earned runs on seven hits in two innings against the right-hander.