Red Sox rookie starter Eduardo Rodriguez was excellent in his outing against the Yankees on Thursday. The young hurler tossed seven innings of two-run ball, allowing six hits and two walks while striking out five. He picked up the loss however, as the Red Sox fell 2-1 to the Yankees.
Rodriguez (6-4, 4.17 ERA) essentially matched CC Sabathia pitch for pitch for most of the night. But he made a costly error in the seventh inning, when he allowed a solo home run to Jacoby Ellsbury. That would prove to be the winning run, as the Red Sox were not able to rally back.
Rodriguez has been stellar over his past seven starts. In that stretch, he is 3-2 and has allowed more than three earned runs just once--a seven-run meltdown against the Angels on July 20.