Going into last night’s game, Joe Ross was riding a three-start win streak, over which he gave up just one run in 18 innings (0.50 ERA), prompting a lot of discussion about some changes the 26-year-old right-hander made that seem to have turned things around after he struggled out of the gate this season.
“I’ve been working with [Pitching Coach] Paul Menhart a lot — about kind of just picking up the pace of my delivery and getting my knee up,” Ross told MASN’s Dan Kolko and Bo Porter after giving up a run on five hits in 6 2⁄3 IP against the Cincinnati Reds last week, “.