In his second start of the Spring on Tuesday afternoon in West Palm Beach, Washington Nationals’ right-hander Joe Ross gave up three hits and two runs, both of them on first inning solo home runs, and went 2 2⁄3 innings overall in what ended up a 5-3 loss to the Boston Red Sox.
Ross struck out three of the twelve batters he faced and talked to reporters after the outing about what he was working on early in Grapefruit League action.
“Trying to work more on my four-seam a little bit,” Ross explained, “which, I threw a couple in the first inning that I definitely yanked.