PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. — Boston Red Sox right-hander Rick Porcello was hit hard in Boston’s 13-5 loss to a Tampa Bay Rays split-squad Sunday.
Porcello was charged with eight runs and 10 hits in three innings. Porcello, who went 9-15 with a 4.92 ERA last year in his first season with Boston, struck out two and walked none.
Hank Conger hit a two-run homer in Tampa Bay’s six-run second inning. Conger finished with three RBIs.
Rays second baseman Logan Forsythe had his third multi-hit game of the spring, collecting two singles. Erasmo Ramirez allowed one run and five hits in four innings.
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