Mengden allowed four runs on seven hits and three walks with five strikeouts over 4.2 innings in a no-decision Monday against the Rangers.
Mengden has now failed to complete five innings in three of his past four starts. His ERA has jumped from 3.48 to 5.73 over this rough stretch, in which he has allowed 19 runs in just 17.2 innings. He owns a brutal 18:13 K:BB in that stretch, and he needs to rein in his control if he wants any chance of turning things around.