Eduardo Rodriguez’s return from the injured listing did not fairly go as deliberate.
But the Detroit Tigers left-hander will get one other shot to get again on observe Friday evening in opposition to the host Seattle Mariners, when play resumes after the All-Star break
Rodriguez (4-5, 2.64 ERA) missed 5 weeks with a left index finger pulley rupture earlier than making his comeback on July 5 in opposition to visiting Oakland. He gave up a season-high 5 runs on six hits over 4 innings with seven strikeouts in a 12-3 defeat.
“Healthwise, he checked out great, which is very important and the positive take out of it,” Tigers supervisor A.J. Hinch mentioned. “It was a weird game for him, because I thought his stuff was OK.
Although Rodriguez didn’t walk a batter against the Athletics, he wasn’t pleased.
“The command of the fastball was all over,” Rodriguez said. “I used to be getting behind loads of the hitters, and (I) needed to come again to the strike zone and paid for it.”
By pitching Friday, Rodriguez could get four more starts in before the trade deadline. With the Tigers 5 1/2 games back in the American League Central and 10 games behind in the wild-card chase, Rodriguez might be an attractive option for contending teams considering his low ERA
“I’ve to maintain myself in form, throw bullpens, lengthy bullpens, and see when my subsequent begin goes to be,” said Rodriguez, who is 4-4 with a 4.06 ERA in 11 career starts against Seattle. “I’ve been via that loads of years already.”
The Mariners are scheduled to send right-hander Luis Castillo (6-6, 2.85) to the mound Friday. Castillo was a member of the AL team but didn’t pitch in Tuesday’s All-Star Game at T-Mobile Park in Seattle
Castillo is 2-0 over his past three starts. Last Friday at Houston, he allowed one unearned run on five hits in seven innings against the Astros in a 10-1 victory.
“From the fourth inning on, that is classic ‘Rock,'” Mariners manager Scott Servais said of Castillo’s last outing. “The velocity was there, the motion on the pitches (was there).
Castillo is 0-2 with a 3.50 ERA in three profession begins in opposition to Detroit.
The Mariners, who snapped a postseason drought that dated again to 2001 final season, bolstered their playoff hopes by profitable seven of the final 9 video games earlier than the All-Star break. They took two of three in opposition to visiting Tampa Bay and host San Francisco earlier than profitable three of 4 in Houston. Seattle is six video games again within the AL West, however solely 4 video games out of the ultimate wild-card berth
“To win the last three series gives us a little boost here going into the All-Star break,” Servais mentioned. “It hasn’t been an easy first half. There have been some struggles. But you look up, right where we’re at now, we are (a) game over .500.”
While their pitching has been sturdy all through, the Mariners have lastly began to get some offensive manufacturing. They averaged 5.1 runs over the previous 10 video games, with a .260/.351/.430 slash line
“A lot of good things offensively,” Servais mentioned. “We’ve got to carry it over. The traffic of runners on base is the biggest reason we’ve been more consistent, and then you run into some (slugging) and that’s how you put up crooked numbers.”
–Field Level Media
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