Official Site of the Astros · Jun 14, 2015
Hernandez's relief appearance spares bullpen
Hernandez fans Zunino 0:11 6/13/15: Roberto Hernandez strikes out Mike Zunino swinging to end the top of the 7th Yanked from the rotation on June 8, Hernandez said he kept his same demeanor and warmup plan while toiling in the right-field bullpen in his new role.
"He needed to go as long as he could," Hinch said. "And he could have gone longer."
Hernandez, in his first relief appearance this season and only his fourth in the last two seasons, tossed four scoreless innings with five strikeouts.
It was the longest relief appearance of his career and tied Asher Wojciechowski for the longest on the club.