Pruitt fired 4.1 scoreless innings Saturday in the Rays' 10-3 loss to the Red Sox, allowing a hit and a walk while striking out two.
He chewed up precious innings after starter Jacob Faria flamed out by allowing eight earned runs on five hits and five walks over 1.2 innings. The outing was a nice bounceback for Pruitt, who hadn't exactly been stellar himself while surrendering six runs over 2.1 innings in his last outing Tuesday against the Yankees. Factoring in his Saturday effort, Pruitt has now sandwiched 6.1 scoreless frames around the aforementioned clunker against New York over his first three appearances of the season.