CHICAGO — Since last Wednesday, Payton Tolle had thought about his last outing — a three-inning start in which he allowed a season-high six runs on seven hits.
The Red Sox lefty thought about it on the flight out to Anaheim that night, and with two off-days on the schedule sandwiched around the series with the Angels, he had even more time to ruminate.
But apparently, he put his time to good use. Tuesday was his opportunity to flush that memory.
“I had a recalibration, a reset,” said Tolle after he blanked the Chicago White Sox over six innings in the Red Sox’ 8-1 win at Rate Field. “I needed it a little bit. It was good. The last outing, I was out of character, is probably the best way to put it. I was kind of getting nitpicky and not really flying through the zone. I thought we did a better job of that in this game. I was able to press the right **** ons and come back out here and compete.
“Those (poor outings) are going to happen. But you learn and go on to the next (one). And we needed it. So we learned a lot about ourselves.”
The Red Sox lefty thought about it on the flight out to Anaheim that night, and with two off-days on the schedule sandwiched around the series with the Angels, he had even more time to ruminate.
But apparently, he put his time to good use. Tuesday was his opportunity to flush that memory.
“I had a recalibration, a reset,” said Tolle after he blanked the Chicago White Sox over six innings in the Red Sox’ 8-1 win at Rate Field. “I needed it a little bit. It was good. The last outing, I was out of character, is probably the best way to put it. I was kind of getting nitpicky and not really flying through the zone. I thought we did a better job of that in this game. I was able to press the right **** ons and come back out here and compete.
“Those (poor outings) are going to happen. But you learn and go on to the next (one). And we needed it. So we learned a lot about ourselves.”
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