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Jeff Niemann’s Troubles Deepen as Rays Crushed by Red Sox
BOSTON — Including Monday night’s disaster at Fenway Park, Jeff Niemann is 0-3 with a 20.03 ERA in three starts since coming off the Tampa Bay disabled list.
“I don’t like it,” Rays manager Joe Maddon said after Niemann gave up six runs in 1 2/3 innings in a 12-5 loss to the Red Sox. “But this guy was so good before.”
Maddon said he has no plans to skip Niemann in his rotation.
Before missing three weeks with a shoulder strain, Niemann was 10-3 with a 3.12 ERA and just 44 walks in 141 1/3 innings.
Since returning, he has walked eight in 10 1/3 innings, giving up 19 hits, four of those homers (two Monday).
Niemann said he is fine physically, and Maddon said based on the radar readings and Niemann’s delivery, he has no reason to doubt that.
