Nestor Cortes allowed six runs over 4 1/3 innings in a loss to the Rays on Saturday.
Cortes worked around some trouble in the first inning, stranding two baserunners. A walk, base hit, and a double brought a run in to score for the Rays in the third. Alex Jackson tacked on three more runs with a home run in the fourth. Isaac Paredes and Randy Arozarena added two more with a pair of solo homers in the fifth, knocking Cortes from the game at 92 pitches with just one strikeout. The 29-year-old left-hander will take a 3.99 ERA, 1.16 WHIP, and a 111/24 K/BB ratio across 119 2/3 innings into a start against the Red Sox in Boston on Friday.