Patino (4-3) picked up the win in Monday's 6-1 victory over the Red Sox, allowing one run on five hits and a walk over 5.2 innings. He struck out five.
The rookie right-hander came up one out shy of his third quality start of the season, tossing 102 pitches (67 strikes) before exiting. The workload is encouraging, and the Rays seem confident the 21-year-old won't need to be treated with kid gloves down the stretch, although they have used their pitching depth to give everyone in the rotation extra rest days. In seven outings since the All-Star break, Patino has a 3.89 ERA, 1.30 WHIP and 34:17 K:BB through 37 innings.