Carmen Mlodzinski described his performance against the Rangers here tonight in simple terms: "Just honestly an off night."
Mlodzinski, who entered this one with a 1.77 ERA in his first four appearances (three starts), allowed a season-high five runs in 4 1/3 innings and said he was "fighting his body the whole game."
He limited the Rangers to just two runs in his first four innings of work, showed trust in a splitter that helped him finish four of his six strikeouts and grinded to help put the Pirates in a position to stay within reach. Then, things started to crumble in the fifth, as three runs were charged to Mlodzinski and the Rangers managed to secure some much-needed separation with the right-hander fading a bit toward the end of his outing.
"Never gave up in a sense, but I just wasn't able to execute in that fifth inning when I really needed to to give the team a chance to win," Mlodzinski said. "Just have to make an adjustment. I've been around long enough to know you're going to struggle in this game. Those games are going to happen. You can't let it get to you too much, but you've got to recognize what the adjustments need to be going into the next one."
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An 'off night' for Mlodzinski
Carmen Mlodzinski described his performance against the Rangers here tonight in simple terms: "Just honestly an off night."
Mlodzinski, who entered this one with a 1.77 ERA in his first four appearances (three starts), allowed a season-high five runs in 4 1/3 innings and said he was "fighting his body the whole game."
He limited the Rangers to just two runs in his first four innings of work, showed trust in a splitter that helped him finish four of his six strikeouts and grinded to help put the Pirates in a position to stay within reach. Then, things started to crumble in the fifth, as three runs were charged to Mlodzinski and the Rangers managed to secure some much-needed separation with the right-hander fading a bit toward the end of his outing.
"Never gave up in a sense, but I just wasn't able to execute in that fifth inning when I really needed to to give the team a chance to win," Mlodzinski said. "Just have to make an adjustment. I've been around long enough to know you're going to struggle in this game. Those games are going to happen. You can't let it get to you too much, but you've got to recognize what the adjustments need to be going into the next one."
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