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- Updated: August 20, 2016
DETROIT — The Tigers traded Rick Porcello to the Red Sox for Yoenis Cespedes before the 2015 season, then went on to trade Cespedes in a deal that brought starting pitcher Michael Fulmer to Detroit. Porcello and Fulmer squared off at Comerica Park on Friday night.
It was Porcello’s first trip back to his original home ballpark, and he got the best of the Tigers’ rookie, allowing two runs — one earned — over seven innings in Boston’s 10-2 win.
“Once again, he had more reach-back to his fastball tonight to get some swing and miss to get some strikeouts up in the strike zone,” Red Sox manager John Farrell said. “He was very strong for the seven innings tonight.”
Farrell called Porcello the team’s stopper. Porcello has pitched 13 times this season following a Red Sox loss. He has an 8-1 record in those games, and the Sox are 10-3.
“It’s nice to be recognized like that,” Porcello said. “But I think, at least in my mind, I don’t try to put an over-emphasis on it. I think our starting rotation has been throwing the ball very well the last couple of weeks. I think we’ve all been pretty good out there.”
Porcello’s 17 wins are tied for the most in the Majors with Toronto’s J.A. Happ and a career best for the …
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