""Still finding it a little bit," manager Aaron Boone said. "Kind of a crafty performance where he's trying to find his delivery, trying to be in the zone more. So he's adding and subtracting a little bit with the fastball. Made a lot of good pitches, though, and for the most part limited the traffic. "Hopefully we can just start to build where the command and control is there with the stuff following.""
"Gil's command has been an issue since he returned from the injured list after missing the first four months of the season with a lat strain, which is why on Sunday (and in his previous start) he came out with his velocity deliberately down before ramping it up throughout the game. "I think when you're trying not to walk hitters, you put some [on] and you subtract some velo," Gil said through an interpreter. "Overall, that's been helping me to do what I want to do in the strike zone.""
Luis Gil allowed two runs across 5 1/3 innings with seven strikeouts and two four-pitch walks in a 3-2 loss to the White Sox. Gil has struggled with command since returning from the injured list after missing the first four months of the season with a lat strain and has not completed six innings in any of his six starts. He intentionally began outings with lower velocity and ramped it up to avoid walks and locate the strike zone. Manager Aaron Boone called it a crafty performance and emphasized the need to build consistent command and control with his stuff.
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