BOSTON — The Red Sox Friday attempted to plug one hole in their starting rotation with the promotion of rookie lefty Payton Tolle.

Now, they have another spot to worry about it.

On the heels of a tough outing in New York last weekend, Dustin May stumbled badly again Saturday, chased in the sixth inning and charged with seven runs — six of them earned — in a 10-3 shellacking by the Pittsburgh Pirates.

“Pretty inexcusable,” said May in assessing his performance. “I feel like I started off the game pretty good. First four (innings) were solid and then I just completely lost it. The wheels fell off. I got traded over here to help the guys out and I feel like the last few have just not been remotely good at all. It’s not the spot I thought I was going to be in at this point.”

May nicely

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