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A putrid A\u2019s lineup helped Carlos Rodon have his best start of the young season.<\/p>\n
Whether his seven scoreless innings in a 2-0 loss to the A\u2019s in The Bronx marks a turning point for the left-hander remains to be seen, but he showed some promising signs Monday.<\/p>\n
He threw five pitches effectively and pitched well despite not having dominating stuff.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe pitched,\u2019\u2019 Aaron Boone said of Rodon, who allowed just one hit, a fifth-inning single by Nick Allen. \u201cI didn\u2019t 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.\u201d<\/p>\n
To Boone\u2019s point, Rodon\u2019s velocity was slightly down and he struck out just four batters. <\/p>\n
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\u2019s runners on first and second with no one out and their 3-4-5 hitters coming up.<\/p>\n
He responded by getting Brent Rooker, Shea Langeliers and Abraham Toro to retire the side and keep the game scoreless.<\/p>\n
The fact that Oakland\u2019s lineup is filled with a bunch of Quadruple-A players makes it easier to be at least somewhat skeptical of Rodon\u2019s performance, since the A\u2019s have scored more runs than only the disastrous White Sox.<\/p>\n
Rodon will take it, though.<\/p>\n
It marked his longest start as a Yankee and showed that instead of simply relying on his fastball and slider to get outs, he can use a cutter, which he\u2019s thrown on 15 percent of his pitchers this season \u2014 including on Monday \u2014 after adding it prior to the season.<\/p>\n
\u201cI used everything today,\u2019\u2019 Rodon said of his arsenal. \u201cLast year was more of a fastball, slider mix and this year, I use different pitches to get ahead. I wouldn\u2019t say I reinvented myself. I always threw four pitches and I added a cutter for five.\u201d<\/p>\n
But he\u2019s throwing the slider less, so far with mixed results.<\/p>\n
Boone said the addition of the cutter gives hitters something else to look for, so they can\u2019t sit on the fastball or slider, if one is especially effective.<\/p>\n
And Monday was another solid example of that, even if it came in a loss.<\/p>\n
\u201cOverall, it was a good day of pitching,\u2019\u2019 Rodon said.<\/p>\n
Rodon has had a hard time again this season with walks and noted Monday that while he \u201cstarted off slow\u201d in the outing in that department, it improved over the course of the game.<\/p>\n
He also responded well after hitting leadoff hitter Esteury Ruiz to open the outing by picking him off and then retiring the next nine batters before he hit Tyler Nevin with a pitch in the fourth.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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