Red Sox starter Eduardo Rodriguez could hardly help performing better Sunday night against Detroit than he did in his previous start. But he went from horrible to excellent.
Rodriguez was coming off an effort against the Angels in which he allowed seven earned runs in 1 2/3 innings. He bounced back to give up just one run in seven innings in taming the Tigers. He yielded just three hits while walking one and fanning seven.
His lone hiccup wound up over the fence in the fifth inning, courtesy of Nick Castellanos. He received tremendous run support to raise his record to 6-3.
Rodriguez has proven quite inconsistent. He has surrendered two or less runs in five of his last eight starts and six or more in the other three.