Carlos Rodon used ‘everything’ to tough out best start of Yankees season
NY Post
A putrid A’s lineup helped Carlos Rodon have his best start of the young season.
Whether his seven scoreless innings in a 2-0 loss to the A’s in The Bronx marks a turning point for the left-hander remains to be seen, but he showed some promising signs Monday.
He threw five pitches effectively and pitched well despite not having dominating stuff.
“He pitched,’’ Aaron Boone said of Rodon, who allowed just one hit, a fifth-inning single by Nick Allen. “I didn’t think, early on, he had good life like his last start. He made a lot of really good pitches and there was a little bit of everything.”
To Boone’s point, Rodon’s velocity was slightly down and he struck out just four batters.
He also walked a pair and hit two, but the only time he found trouble came in the top of the fourth, when Rodon walked Esteury Ruiz and then hit Tyler Nevin to give the A’s runners on first and second with no one out and their 3-4-5 hitters coming up.
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