Randy Vásquez allowed six earned runs over 3 1/3 innings while striking out one and walking three in Friday’s loss to the Rangers.
Vásquez took the mound with a 5-0 lead in the bottom of the first inning and worked as fast as he could to let the Rangers whittle away that lead. An error by Vásquez to start the game allowed Joc Pederson to reach base. He would then allow six of the next seven batters he faced to reach base, three of whom doubled, with Jake Burgers’ double officially tying the game at 5-5. A single by Elias Díaz would drive in Burger to put the Rangers up 6-5 before the inning came to an end. Vásquez would be pulled with one out in the fourth inning after allowing an RBI double to Wyatt Langford to put the Rangers up 7-6. This was easily the worst start of the season for Vásquez, who struggled to stay in the strike zone at times and was hit hard when he did manage to get the ball over the plate. He’ll hope for a better outing in his next start on Wednesday against the Braves.
