BOSTON -- Eduardo Rodriguez will have some numbers on his side when he takes the mound for the Red Sox Tuesday night against the Oakland Athletics at Fenway Park.
The left-hander is 3-0 on the season and is coming off a strong five-inning outing against the Yankees in New York.
He is also 2-0 with a 1.64 ERA against the A's in three games in his young career -- just 20-20 against every other team. He has allowed eight hits in 22 career innings against the A's.
For more positive numbers for Boston, Daniel Mengden starts for Oakland in the second game of the three-game series -- and the righty with the Rollie Fingers moustache is 0-1 with an 8.