Joe Kelly pitches Red Sox past split-squad Mets
FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) — Joe Kelly pitched seven strong innings and the Boston Red Sox beat the split-squad New York Mets 4-1 on Thursday.
Kelly gave up one run and five hits, striking out six and walking one.
Kelly kept the Mets hitless until the fifth, when he gave up three singles.
.@JosephKellyJr’s afternoon:
7.0 IP, 5 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 6 SO 🙌 pic.twitter.com/gDJtbuyDMk— Red Sox (@RedSox) March 24, 2016
David Ortiz singled home the go-ahead run in the sixth. Xander Bogaerts hit a solo homer and sacrifice fly.
Logan Verrett started for the Mets, going four scoreless innings and giving up two hits.
Mets pitcher Erik Goeddel, recently sidelined by a lat issue, made his first appearance of the spring. He went one inning and gave up two runs, including Bogaerts’ first home run in exhibition play.
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