BALTIMORE — On an evening when the Yankees clubbed six residence runs and piled up 15 runs, Carlos Rodón threatened to steal the present.
The left-hander retired the primary 15 batters he confronted, breezing into the sixth inning with an ideal recreation bid earlier than it was erased on a stroll and a double, however he continued a powerful string of begins within the Yankees’ 15-3 win over the Orioles on Tuesday at Camden Yards.
“I knew it was there,” Rodón mentioned of his bid at historical past. “Big lead, just try to attack the zone. It’s kind of in the back of your head, but you just keep going.”
The tip end result was nonetheless a formidable one as Rodón gave up simply two hits over six-plus innings whereas placing out seven and strolling one.
Over his previous three begins, Rodón has allowed simply three runs (two earned) over 19 innings with 24 strikeouts.
The one stroll was his lowest of the season as he lowered his ERA to three.43.
“I thought he had electric stuff tonight,” supervisor Aaron Boone mentioned. “Again had everything going. The fastball was really crispy. Just a really good job by him.”
The Yankees made Rodón wait some time between his final pitch within the bullpen and his first pitch of the sport, however he didn’t thoughts that a lot as a result of they have been busy giving him a 5-0 lead.
Whereas he threw weighted balls down within the tunnel to remain free throughout a few of the longer innings, Rodón mentioned he was simply centered on filling up the strike zone and staying aggressive.
“It’s easy when the boys put up five runs in the first,” Rodón mentioned. “Just go out there and Austin [Wells] and I go attack the zone and just get outs because we have such a nice lead that we can cruise and attack hitters and just get outs.”
Rodón wanted solely 62 pitches to get via 5 excellent innings earlier than he walked Emmanuel Rivera to guide off the sixth. Jorge Mateo then doubled off him and a groundout later, the shutout was gone too.
Gunnar Henderson took Rodón deep to guide off the seventh and finish his night time on a bitter be aware, however it was overwhelmingly optimistic as soon as once more for the Yankees’ $162 million lefty.
“It was impressive,” Aaron Choose mentioned. “He looked like a man on a mission just from the jump. I think it helps too when you get a couple runs in the first.”
