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Eduardo Rodriguez provides silver lining in tough Red Sox loss
- Updated: July 23, 2016
2:14 AM ET
BOSTON — Breaking news: David Ortiz is human.
For one game, Ortiz departed from his farewell-season assault on opposing pitching, rolling into a double play with the bases loaded, nobody out and the Boston Red Sox trailing by one run in the ninth inning Friday night at Fenway Park.
Hey, it happens. Even to 40-year-old franchise icons.
There was a silver lining, however, to a 2-1 defeat to the Minnesota Twins in which the Red Sox managed four hits, squandered a potentially dramatic ninth-inning rally and saw All-Star right fielder Mookie Betts exit because of a sore right knee that they hope won’t linger for the rest of the season. And it might turn out to far supersede one dispiriting loss.
Left-hander Eduardo Rodriguez followed up his encouraging start last Saturday in New York with another solid outing, holding the Twins to two runs, six hits and one walk, striking out a season-high eight batters in 5 1/3 innings. In two starts since returning from his brief demotion to Triple-A, he has given up three runs and 10 hits in 12 1/3 innings.
“He pitched good tonight. I think he pitched good,” Ortiz said. “I think he’s back.”
Eduardo Rodriguez wasn’t dominant Friday, but he continued to show improvement over his first six starts. Maddie Meyer/Getty Images
If so, well, watch out. The Sox counted on Rodriguez to be among their more reliable starting pitchers this year. Instead, he began the season on the disabled list, altered his mechanics to compensate for an injured right knee and got so …
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