— Michael Fulmer won’t settle for decent. He won’t settle for a quality start. He won’t settle for being just good.
All he took out of his solid 6 2/3 innings of work Saturday was frustration and a loss.
“We’ve got to win,” he said after the Tampa Bay Rays scored twice in the seventh and hung on for a 3-2 win. “You pitch to the score. If your team puts up two runs, you need to give up less. That’s how I look at it. I know I could have been better today.”
It’s the four walks he issued that chafed him, especially the last one — a lead-off walk to Steven Souza, Jr.