Tampa Bay Rays starting pitcher, Trevor Richards had a daunting task in the first inning facing Red Sox regulars, Andrew Benintendi, Jackie Bradley Jr., J.D. Martinez, and Michael Chavis to begin the game.
Trevor Richards is an outside (albeit unlikely) candidate to earn a spot at the back end of the rotation. He comes into camp with 48 career regular-season starts in his two seasons. Richards gave up a single on the first pitch to Benintendi then struck Bradley out on a 3-2 count. Martinez came to the plate with a runner on second and ripped a hard ground out to Daniel Robertson at short.