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Rick Porcello has come up big for the Red Sox

Each night in the 2016 baseball season, we'll run down the top news, facts and highlights from action around Major League Baseball.

Rick Porcello's first season in Boston did not go well.

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After getting traded to the Red Sox last season from the Tigers for Yoenis Cespedes, the young right-handed pitcher went 9-15 with a 4.92 ERA. But this season has been a different story.

Porcello tossed seven scoreless innings Saturday in an 8-0 blowout of the Yankees, striking out six and giving up just five hits as he improved to 5-0 with a 2.