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Worries about walks hampering Santiago
- Updated: August 21, 2016
KANSAS CITY — In Hector Santiago’s final six starts with the Angels before he was traded to the Twins on Aug. 1, he was 6-0 with a 1.78 ERA. But since joining Minnesota, he’s struggled mightily, a rough stretch that continued on Saturday against the Royals.
Santiago turned in his worst outing yet, allowing eight runs on 11 hits, including three homers, in 4 2/3 innings in a 10-0 loss at Kauffman Stadium. In four starts with the Twins, Santiago is 0-4 with a 10.89 ERA, having surrendered 23 runs in 19 innings, with seven homers.
“He’s trying to work into a rhythm here in his early starts, and it’s a combination of things,” manager Paul Molitor said. “He’s leaving pitches over the middle of the plate in hitter’s counts. There were certain times where he had open bases and he could have made better pitches, but they took advantage of the mistakes.”
Santiago agreed with Molitor’s assessment, saying he’s focused too hard on limiting walks and that it’s caused him to miss over the plate instead of allowing for his usual style of being …
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