The run came right away in the first and probably should have been earned, but Gabriel Arias stopped at third on a hit he could have scored on anyway and that ended up skipping past Cody Bellinger in center, resulting in an error. Rodón was pretty much unthreatened the rest of the way and finished up with eight strikeouts for a fourth consecutive outing. He’s third in the majors with 45 strikeouts, though he’s also tied with Robbie Ray for the most walks with 18 (he’s one of just three pitchers to have made six starts already). Rodón will face the Orioles next.

The 32-year-old southpaw scattered two hits and four walks on the evening. The biggest threat against him came in the opening inning as Yandy Díaz worked a leadoff walk and Junior Caminero followed with a single. Rodón roared back though, striking out Curtis Mead, Christopher Morel and Danny Jansen in succession to end the threat and set the tone for the game. He got 12 whiffs on 102 pitches on the night, posting a CSW of 29 percent. For the season, he now sits at 2-3 with a 4.34 ERA, 1.10 WHIP and a 37/16 K/BB ratio over 29 innings. He’ll look to replicate this brilliant outing when he does battle against the Guardians in Cleveland on Wednesday.

Heading into the sixth innings, Rodón had a 3-1 lead and had only allowed a solo home run to Jung Hoo Lee. An infield single started the sixth inning, and then after a strikeout, Rodón issued a walk and then allowed another home run to Lee. Rodón would later walk Matt Chapman and get removed from the game. The left-hander is talented but maddeningly inconsistent. He’ll take a 5.48 ERA into a start in Tampa Bay next week. He stacks up as a solid buy-low target in fantasy baseball, but there will be some anxiety that comes from rostering him.

The first three runs came on an Andy Ibáñez homer in the third after Rodón appeared to have Ryan Kriedler struck out to end the inning. Rodón was rightfully upset that the pitch at the knees wasn’t called. Still, sometimes if a catcher moves his glove two feet to “frame” a pitch, the ump might understandably think it was a ball in the first place. The final run came in the seventh after Aaron Boone tried to steal one extra out with Rodón in a lefty-lefty matchup. Colt Keith went on to single, and he scored after Rodón was lifted. Rodón still wound up with eight strikeouts today. He gave up just four hits, but all three guys he walked came around to score. Even though he’s throwing well, he’s 1-2 with a 5.19 ERA. He’ll face the Giants next.