On a beautiful Sunday afternoon in Baltimore, two Rodriguez’s met on the mound to do battle. Despite a shared last name and common ties to the Orioles, these are two very different pitchers, one an eight-year veteran lefty who uses craft and control to win; the other a right-handed rookie with top-prospect status, four career games of experience, and a fastball that can hit 99 on the radar gun.
Now the two Rodriguez’s have one more thing in common: both tossed five innings of shutout ball for their teams today. In this head-to-head matchup, it was the veteran Rodriguez who had the clear advantage, however.