COMMENTARY
For two days this weekend, the Red Sox were noncompetitive, outscored, 20-3, by San Diego. On Sunday, starting back-from-Triple-A Josh Winckowski, they went 0 for 10 with runners in scoring position . . . and won, because Rafael Devers and Jarren Duran delivered four runs with homers and Winckowski got 11 ground-ball outs in five innings.
He went to Worcester on May 12, when the Red Sox needed a roster spot for the returning Brayan Bello. He came back a week ago Monday, and pitched Sunday because Bello has too consistently lacked the guile that Winckowski showed.