He had run up his pitch count so early that manager Brad Ausmus pulled him out of games before he could finish five innings in all but three of his first eight starts. He had allowed so much traffic on the bases that his 1.4 walks-and-hits-per-inning-pitched rate led the starting rotation.
Harvey pitched into the sixth inning for the first time since facing the Royals last month. He was charged two runs after striking out six and scattering four hits.
According to MLB’s Statcast system, Harvey has never yielded as hard contact as he has this season.