Tanner Rainey talked to reporters back in early May about trying sort things out this season in what’s been an up and down campaign so far.
The previous night, the 28-year-old reliever struck out three batters around a walk in a 20-pitch frame against the New York Yankees, but then he came out the next day with a runner on second base in extras and walked back-to-back batters before giving up a walk-off infield single.
What was different for the right-hander in those two outings, where he was dominant one night then couldn’t throw strikes the next?