FORT MYERS, Fla. -- Chris Archer made it look easy his first time out this spring when he worked two scoreless innings against the Red Sox at JetBlue Park.
"I accomplished everything I wanted to accomplish, and that was be over the plate as much as I possibly could with everything," Archer said.
Archer struck out one, hit a batter and another reached base on an error. The Rays right-hander threw 26 pitches of which 15 were strikes.
"I thought he looked good, really good," Rays manager Kevin Cash said after the Red Sox closed out a 7-2 win.