The first game of yesterday’s doubleheader was a rough one for Mick Abel. The young right hander lasted just 1.2 innings and allowed five runs. He completely lost the strike zone in his second inning of work and finished with five walks and an unsightly 28:25 ball to strike ratio. Abel surrendered three straight walks. the first of which after getting the nine-hole hitter behind 0-2, which forced in two runs before Manny Machado added three more with a double.
It was the second start in a row in which Abel could not make it into the fourth inning.