Red Sox's Rick Porcello: Tosses three scoreless Friday

Porcello allowed two hits while striking out four over three scoreless innings in Friday's game against the Braves.

Analysis:

While the Red Sox organization was paying more attention to Indianapolis, where starter David Price was having his elbow examined by doctors, Porcello delivered a reassuring outing in Florida that suggests Boston has more than enough pitching to handle what is believed to be the temporary loss of Price. Porcello, last year's American League Cy Young Award recipient, retired nine of 11 batters faced with 27 of his 40 pitches landing in the zone.