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Tyler Mahle fell to 1-5 after allowing five runs and 10 hits in five innings Friday against the A's.
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Tyler Mahle fell to 1-5 after allowing five runs and 10 hits in five innings against the A's, with concerns about his elevated home run rate this season.
Nick Kurtz hit a three-run homer off Mahle tonight, bringing Mahle's total of homers allowed to nine in nine starts. Last year, it was five in 16 starts, but that already seemed like a fluke at the time. Mahle does have 42 strikeouts in 41 2/3 innings, so his rotation spot shouldn't be in jeopardy just yet. He'll due to face the Diamondbacks in each of his next two starts.