Hyun-jin Ryu continued his rehab assignment with Triple-A Oklahoma City, but was roughed up in his four innings, allowing eight runs, including two home runs.
Ryu was scheduled to pitch five innings with a pitch limit of roughly 75, and ended up needing 77 pitches to get through four innings. He was pounding the zone all night, with 57 of his 77 pitches for strikes, but paid the price with 10 hits allowed, including home runs to Delino DeShields and Joey Gallo, plus four doubles and a triple.
His four innings were a tale of two starts, it seems:
First 2 innings for Hyun-Jin Ryu: 2 H, 0 R 0 BB, 2 K
Last 2 innings: 8 H, 8 R (5 ER), 0 BB, 2 K, 2 HR — Alex Freedman (@azfreedman) June 24, 2016But rather than the game results, the most important thing is Ryu building up toward a major league return, and how he feels Friday will go a long way in telling us how close he is to being back.