The Red Sox have won two in a row, picking up an 8-4 victory over the Rays on Friday. Next stop: World Series. They got a much-needed good performance from their starter in this one, a debut from one of their most important players, and three homers from the infield. Here are the notes from the day:
Garrett Richards cleans it up
The first two spring starts for new Red Sox number three starter Garrett Richards were, frankly, terrible. They were early spring starts so it was obviously too early to get too worked up over it, but it was still not what you want.