Give Francisco Rodriguez credit: He’s not going to pretend he’s not struggling. He’s not going to pretend that the end result is all that matters for him. And after what had been a 3-0 lead he inherited in the ninth became a 3-2 win he finished off with the tying and winning runs on base, he wasn’t going to keep his self-criticism to, well, himself.
“You have to be able to make pitches early in the count and try to put hitters away quick. I’m totally pitching the opposite,” he said Wednesday night. “Even though I still got the job done, it’s quite embarrassing.