Boy, oh, boy, was it the good Dylan Cease who fired against the Rockies in his final warmup for the regular season.
Cease gave up six hits in 5 1⁄3, including a solo homer to C.J. Cron in the second, but otherwise put on a display of everything Sox fans have been wishing for from him.
Cease chalked up 11 strikeouts, not only throwing two-thirds of his 85 pitches for strikes, but keeping almost all of those strikes off of the middle of the plate (I only remember one three-ball count, that in the fifth).