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- Updated: August 21, 2016
ST. PETERSBURG — Rangers starter Martin Perez is a really good pitcher at Globe Life Park. His 2.36 home ERA is the lowest in the American League.
The problem is Texas has to play half its games on the road, and that’s a real problem for Perez. His troubles away from Arlington continued on Sunday afternoon in an 8-4 loss to the Rays at Tropicana Field.
Perez allowed six runs in six innings and is now 1-8 with a 6.23 ERA in 13 starts on the road. That’s the highest road ERA in the AL among pitchers with at least 70 innings.
“I don’t know,” Perez said. “I have the same focus and the same hunger on the road and home. I don’t understand why. I stay focused and do what I have to do.”
The big inning is what stands out most. There seems to be one inning for Perez on the road where everything unravels and he has a hard time getting it back under control. That was the case on Sunday, as he took a 2-1 lead into the fourth and gave up five runs, capped by a three-run home run from Logan Forsythe.
“It’s a challenge to recover from a five-run inning,” manager Jeff Banister said. …
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