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Red Sox pitcher Matt Barnes picked up his first career win Monday, tossing a pair of scoreless innings while holding the A's hitless, issuing one walk and striking out one in his team's 5-4, 11-inning victory.

"He was calm. Pulse seemed to stay pretty even keel for him," Farrell said of Barnes, per the Boston Herald. "Didn’t go out and change his demeanor after we took the lead in the 11th. Two key innings for us."

Barnes has made 75 starts and just two relief appearances in the minors after being selected in the first round of the 2011 draft.

"I mean, it’s a different routine," Barnes said of coming out of the bullpen. "It’s still a work in progress. We’ll keep working with that. For right now it’s going good."

Barnes has allowed one earned run on 5 1/3 innings while striking out three and walking two in three appearances.

Rays pitcher Kirby Yates was able to throw from 75 feet on Monday and is expected to do the same on Tuesday, according to MLB.com.

Yates, who is currently on the 15-day DL with a pectoral injury, has 4.15 ERA with five strikeouts and no walks in 4 1/3 innings of work.

Rays starter Alex Colome (2-1) was ripped for eight runs on 11 hits, including four home runs, in six innings of work Monday in a loss to the Yankees.

Colome gave up homers to Alex Rodriguez, Carlos Beltran, Chase Headley and Brett Gardner.

The loss was his first in three starts this year and the outing blew up his ERA from 1.80 to 5.63.

Colome will return to the mound Saturday for his next start in Minnesota.

Athletics pitcher Sean Nolin could see a larger role when he is able to return to the major league club, according to Bay Area News Group.

Nolin, who is currently on the 15-day DL while recovering from sports hernia surgery, made his first rehab appearance Saturday for Triple-A Nashville. He threw two innings and is expected to make a start in his next appearance, manager Bob Melvin said.

"Now with some of the issues we have, some of our depth isn't as much," Melvin said. "He will definitely be looked at to start. We'll stretch him out."

Nolin made one start in 2013 for Toronto.

"We envisioned him competing for a job," Melvin said. "We weren't able to see him at all in the spring. He was one of the key members in that trade. And, being left-handed, we were excited to see what he had to offer, and we just haven't to this point."

Mariners closer Fernando Rodney gave up a run, but still managed to close the door on the Athletics in the ninth inning of Seattle's 4-3 win, earning his ninth save of the season.

With one out, Rodney served up a solo home run to Stephen Vogt over the right field wall to close the gap to one run. But Rodney didn't waver, as he got Ike Davis to fly out and struck out Coco Crisp to end the game.

Rodney moved his ERA to 5.40 in 13 1/3 innings of work with 14 strikeouts against seven walks.

Athletics pitcher Jesse Chavez allowed four runs on five hits in 6 2/3 innings of work in Oakland's 4-2 loss to the Mariners on Sunday. 

Chavez cruised through the first three innings before having difficulties in the fourth. Chavez allowed a double to Kyle Seager, driving in a run. Then with runners on second and third, Dustin Ackley cracked a double to left field, driving in both runs. Chavez allowed one more run in the fifth on a sacrifice fly.

Chavez, now 1-3 on the year, moved his ERA to 2.56 in 31 2/3 innings of work. He will look to get back on track Saturday against the White Sox.

White Sox closer David Robertson picked up his first blown save of the season Sunday but earned the win in his team's 4-3 victory over the Reds.

Robertson (3-0) was handed a 3-1 lead in the ninth inning but gave up two runs (one earned) on three hits in his inning of work while striking out two. The key hit came on a two-run double, but the White Sox managed a walkoff single in the bottom of the ninth to pick up the win.

Robertson owns a 0.69 ERA and 23:1 K:BB ratio in 13 innings after allowing his first runs of the season Sunday.

Twins starter Trevor May dropped to 2-3 on the season after giving up six runs on nine hits over four innings against Cleveland, Sunday. 

May gave up five runs in the fourth inning, including a three-run home run to Lonnie Chisenhall. He walked three and struck out four, as his ERA increased to 5.40. 

"I don't feel I was way behind guys; it was always just those middling counts, five or six pitches to every hitter," he said. "You just can't do that."

May next starts at home against Tampa Bay on Saturday. 

"It's only a matter of time before things start clicking and I start getting those 1-2-3 quick innings and getting deeper into games," May said. "That's what's more frustrating than anything, is looking out in the bullpen and seeing a guy warming up in the bullpen in the fourth, fifth or sixth inning every single time I pitch."

The Red Sox changed pitching coaches, firing Juan Nieves and hiring Carl Willis, but there are no plans to make any adjustments to the starting rotation right off the bat. 

Manager John Farrell said that Joe Kelly, who has struggled, will remain in the rotation "for the time being," per WEEI. "Partly because of a chance for Carl to get involved with him and yet we don't deny the stuff that's there. ... It's a matter of how we can make him most effective."

Rays relief pitcher Andrew Bellatti tossed 3 1/3 scoreless innings in his first appearance in the majors, picking up the win in Tampa Bay's 7-2 victory over the Rangers. 

Bellatti struck out two while allowing one hit and a walk.

"What a performance," Rays manager Kevin Cash said. "Gets off a plane and picks up a win. Extremely deserving [of the win] for what he provided.

"Seemed pretty much unfazed by the lineup he was facing and the guys that are in it. ... He pitched really well against a good lineup and kept us from having to go through our entire 'pen. ... [He showed] poise. The command of the fastball, willingness to just get strike one and kept attacking."

Bellatti managed to keep himself calm in his first outing.

"I definitely calmed down," Bellatti said. "The first inning I was pretty pumped, I was kind of looking at the crowd, and then I kind of got in the zone. I did start to feel very comfortable out there."