Three good innings. That's what the Red Sox and their fans got to enjoy today. Eduardo Rodriguez struck out five batters in the process of retiring the first 10 Orioles he faced. It was domination, not unlike his first time facing his former team.
Then came the fourth inning. And Eduardo was every bit as bad as he was good through the first three.
I'm not using that all that loosely, either. Perhaps ten straight Orioles didn't reach against him, but seven did. The first hit was a solid double to left, but the second came on the ground, bouncing in front of the mound where Rodriguez grabbed it and fired too low to first for Mike Napoli to handle.