Carlos Rodon Must Pitch Better for Yankees After Game 2 Loss

Rodón allowed four runs on seven hits despite striking out seven hitters in 3 2/3 innings in Game 2. | Vincent Carchietta-Imagn Images

So often in his career, when it has gone wrong for Carlos Rodón, the people around him have seen it coming. First he slumps and glowers. Then he barks in frustration. He starts to miss his location. He turns his back on a coach or kicks a bat in the dugout. He starts out as among the most electric pitchers in the game; he ends frazzled, his wires snapped. 

So in some ways, it was strange that on Monday, when he lasted only 3 2/3 innings for the New York Yankees in a 4–2 Kansas City Royals victory that left the American League Division Series tied at one game apiece, he did not come undone.