Maeda (3-1) put up his worst start in the majors so far Thursday, allowing four runs on seven hits and a walk over 6.2 innings in a loss to the Marlins. He struck out five.
The Japanese rookie had another gem going until the seventh inning, when he gave up three hits and a run, got yanked from the game, and had to watch reliever Pedro Baez let two inherited runners score. Despite the bad turn for his ERA (all the way up to 1.41, tragically), this start has to be viewed as a continuation of his success early on in the majors. Maeda looks like he's in for quite the campaign.