Texas Rangers starter Kason Gabbard had an early exit Sunday in his start against the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.After Delmon Young led off the inning with a deep fly ball, Gabbard paused while manager Ron Washington headed to the mound with his cavalry.
Seconds later, the 25-year-old handed the ball away and walked to the dugout to have his stiff pitching forearm tended to.
Acquired in the July 31st Eric Gagne trade with the Boston Red Sox, the rookie left-hander gave up a leadoff single to Jonny Gomes before retiring his last four batters with two strikeouts.
In the 98 degree heat, Gabbard threw 12 of his 18 pitches for strikes. He has a 3.83 ERA on the season and is 1-1 for the Rangers after going 4-0 in seven starts for the Sox.
Don't breathe your sigh of relief yet, Sox fans. Whatever the lesser of two evils, Gagne is struggling in Beantown after surrendering the game-tying homer to Miguel Tejada in the eighth inning of Boston's 6-3 loss to the Baltimore Orioles Sunday. Goggles has now given up seven runs in his first 2 weeks with the Red Sox, after having allowed only eight total in the first four months of the season with the Rangers.
[SI.com]
3 comments:
You girls and your sexually subliminal titles.
Yeah the image I have in my head after reading that one was... awful.
That title would have been much hotter had we not been discussing Gabbard and Gagne.....
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