FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) _ Frank Castillo answered questions about his spot in the Red Sox starting rotation Wednesday, but his performance in Boston's 12-7 win over the Philadelphia Phillies had nothing to do with it.

Castillo had his first poor outing of the spring, allowing six earned runs in three innings. But afterward he told reporters that manager Jimy Williams had slotted him as the No. 3 starter, behind Hideo Nomo and ace Pedro Martinez.

Williams would confirm only that Castillo was pitching the third game of the season.

``I don't put numbers on people,'' he said.

That leaves Tomo Ohka and Paxton Crawford for the final two slots, barring a trade. David Cone appears to be out of the mix after a throwing session was cut short Wednesday. Cone has a sore shoulder.

``He went and threw again and didn't feel that great,'' Williams said.

Cone wasn't in the clubhouse for comment after the game.

Philadelphia hit Castillo hard early, taking a 1-0 lead on Scott Rolen's first inning sacrifice fly, and expanding that to 5-0 in the second inning on Rob Ducey's RBI single and a three-run homer by Marlon Anderson.

The Red Sox got three back in their half of the inning on home runs by Jason Varitek and Chris Stynes off starter Randy Wolf, who allowed seven earned runs in 2 2-3 innings.

The Phillies increased the lead to 6-3 with a solo shot by Pat Burrell. Boston pulled ahead in the fifth, scoring four on a walk by Mike Lansing with the bases loaded, a two-run single by Lewis and an RBI single by Stynes.

Varitek added another home run in the fourth. Brian Daubach also homered for Boston.

Notes: Wolf's spring ERA soared to 12.27 Wednesday (11 innings, 15 runs). ... Red Sox 3B Wilton Veras was optioned to Pawtucket Wednesday. ... The Phillies stole three bases in the first three innings, one each by Doug Glanville, Bobby Abreu, and Ducey. ... Stynes made a nice, kneeling grab near the railing in the second inning on an Anderson pop up.