Tyson Ross made his fourth rehab start Friday night, and it didn’t do much to clear up the mess at the back of the Texas Rangers’ rotation.
The right-hander allowed eight runs in five innings for Triple A Round Rock, and three of the 10 hits he allowed came on back-to-back-to-back home runs in the first inning. Ross walked only one, but he hit two batters.
And, apparently, he was struck in the foot by a batted ball.
Manager Jeff Banister said that he didn’t know if Ross, out since the start of the season after off-season Tommy John surgery and because of back spasms in April, would be ready to join the rotation until speaking to him in the coming days.