That four-game stretch in August, when Marco Gonzales had a 10.35 ERA and batters were hitting .396 against him – that was the worst of it for the left-hander this year. And all of that transpired while he was pitching through neck pain before he was placed on the disabled list.
But consider this was Gonzales’ first full season pitching for the Mariners, he is just two years removed from Tommy John surgery with the St. Louis Cardinals and this season he completed a career-high 29 starts and 166 2/3 innings pitched.
Remove that stretch when he simply began running on fumes (not that you can), and Gonzales’ ERA was 3.