Rodriguez (2-6) allowed five runs on four hits and four walks across 5.1 innings in Sunday's loss against the Royals. He struck out one.
Rodriguez struggled with his command Sunday, as just 54 percent of his pitches went for strikes and he tied a season high in free passes versus a patient Royals lineup. He only allowed two runs through five innings, but a hit and two walks to begin the top of the sixth laid the framework for a disastrous frame in which the Royals scored eight times to take a lead they would never relinquish. Rodriguez, who now owns a hefty 5.35 ERA, will have the opportunity to bounce back Saturday versus the Athletics.