MILWAUKEE (AP) 鈥� Milwaukee Brewers left-hander Robert Gasser is heading back to the minors one day after he was unable to protect an early three-run lead to the Los Angeles Dodgers.
The Brewers announced Sunday they were optioning Gasser to Triple-A Nashville and recalling right-hander Carlos Rodriguez.
Gasser, who turns 27 on May 31, went 0-1 with a 6.48 ERA in two games with Milwaukee. He struck out seven but walked six over 8 1/3 innings.
Rodriguez, 24, went 0-0 with a 2.25 ERA in two relief appearances with Milwaukee earlier this season. He was 0-3 with an 8.03 ERA in five starts and three relief appearances with Nashville.
Gasser gave up three runs, two earned, in four innings in a on May 17. He followed that up by allowing four runs over 4 1/3 innings in an 11-3 loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers on Saturday.
He held the Dodgers scoreless for the first three innings as Milwaukee took a 3-0 lead, but the Dodgers scored four runs against him in the fourth. Gasser to Teoscar Hern谩ndez that put the Dodgers ahead for good.
Brewers manager Pat Murphy said after Saturday鈥檚 game that he believed Gasser might have been tipping his pitches. Los Angeles鈥� Andy Pages was on second base and appeared to be motioning with his arms or making some type of signal while Hern谩ndez was at the plate.
鈥淭here鈥檚 a huge emphasis on making sure they can鈥檛 get your signs from second base 鈥� there鈥檚 a huge emphasis on it,鈥� Murphy said. 鈥淧itchers have to be able to not give away anything. It鈥檚 gotten to (be) a science. Every team does it. We do it. Every team does it. Some teams do it less subtle than others. He got caught up and gave away some pitches, and it ended up hurting him.鈥�
Gasser said after the game that he did notice Pages making hand signals, but the left-hander added that he didn鈥檛 know whether he was tipping anything off.
鈥淚t鈥檚 definitely something that鈥檚 come up before, and I thought I had a good grip on it and was covering it up,鈥� Gasser said. 鈥淚 don鈥檛 know. Maybe they had something. Maybe not.鈥�
Dodgers manager Dave Roberts was asked Sunday whether the Dodgers had noticed a way in which Gasser was tipping his pitches or if they were simply bluffing.
鈥淲hether you have them to disguise or act like you have them, (there鈥檚) the gamesmanship part of it,鈥� Roberts said. 鈥淚f you can kind of make a pitcher feel that you鈥檝e got their signs, then you鈥檝e already won. Honestly, right there, I don鈥檛 think we had the signs. I think Teo took a good swing and it wasn鈥檛 really a great pitch. Yeah, I鈥檓 honestly not certain.鈥�
Gasser is 0-0 with a 3.74 ERA in six starts with Nashville.
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