Porcello majors' 1st 18-game winner, Red Sox beat Rays 9-4 (Yahoo Sports)

Rick Porcello had a simple answer to why he can't think about his current success. Porcello became the majors' first 18-game winner and the first Red Sox pitcher in 70 years to open a season 13-0 in Fenway Park, going seven solid innings in Boston's 9-4 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays on Monday night. Mookie Betts hit his 30th homer, a solo shot, and drove in two runs for the Red Sox, who hold the AL's first wild-card spot but had lost four of five.