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K-Rod won’t let tough stretch affect his confidence
- Updated: August 10, 2016
SEATTLE — Francisco Rodriguez has been in this game for far too long to let something like what transpired on Tuesday night, and into early Wednesday morning, set him back mentally.
“This,” the Tigers’ closer said, in the wake of blowing a save in a 6-5 loss to the Mariners in the bottom of the 15th inning, “is not my first rodeo.”
Rodriguez learned this approach to closing when he came up with the Angels in the early 2000s and was mentored by Troy Percival, who had learned it from Lee Smith. And even though this latest loss was Rodriguez’s second poor performance in a row, with the 34-year-old right-hander having also taken a loss against the Mets on Sunday, he said he’s fine, physically and fine mentally.
It was just a bad night.
“I made a lot of mistakes, all over the plate once again,” said Rodriguez, who has 32 saves but has seen his ERA climb to 3.24 from 2.66 in the course of …
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