Red Sox rookie starter Eduardo Rodriguez had a solid outing against the Orioles on Monday. The young right-hander allowed one run on five hits over 5 1/3 innings. He walked three and struck out a career-high nine batters, but was left with the loss in the 2-0 defeat.
Rodriguez (9-6, 3.94 ERA) allowed his only run to score in the first inning. Aside from that, he did a good job of dancing out of danger, while keeping his team in the game. Unfortunately, he was unable to get any help from the offense in this one.
After enduring a rough outing against the Marlins in which he allowed eight runs in five innings back on Aug. 12, Rodriguez has been pitching very well. In five starts since, Rodriguez is 3-1 with a 1.73 ERA.