Red Sox left-hander Wade Miley put in his nomination for Understatement of the Year after his performance Wednesday against Washington.
"Really the whole outing wasn't very good," he told the Boston Herald.
Uh, yeah. Miley gave up seven earned runs in 2 1/3 innings in taking the loss. He gave up a cycle in the process, including two doubles, one triple and a home run.
"I never established the strike zone," he added. "I got behind in a lot of counts. ... I threw too many (sliders). I probably should have gotten away from that pitch sooner and I didn't. I kept trying to find it and kept trying to find it. They were just tattooing them. Overall it's just one of those outings you want to put behind you."
John Farrell wasn't ready to put it behind him. He criticized not only Miley, but the performance of other Red Sox starters recently.
"We have the capability from a starting standpoint to keep a game under control, and that needs to be more consistent than this turn through the rotation," Farrell said. "We have the capability of doing it. We've shown it. There's a track record of that being done."