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San Francisco Giants right-hander Landen Roupp delivered one of his strongest starts in recent weeks on Wednesday, but his outing was overshadowed by a controversial seventh-inning call that helped shift momentum in the Giants' 5-4 loss to the Kansas City Royals.
Following the game, Roupp didn't hide his frustration with the ruling involving shortstop Willy Adames at second base, where the Royals runner was ruled safe after umpires determined Adames had pushed him off the bag.
"Whether he was out or safe, I think it's kind of a pretty bad call," Roupp said. "I've watched it 10 times since I've been in here, and there's no way Willy pushed him off the bag. I don't really know. I just thought it was kind of a stupid call."
Despite the emotional moment, Roupp said the play did not affect his approach on the mound. Instead, he pointed to one pitch that ultimately changed the inning.
"I felt like I got right back to it," Roupp said. "I just pulled that sinker a little bit. Salvador Perez hadn't looked good on sinkers at all today, and I tried to go back in there and just left it over the plate a little bit. He put a good swing on it."
Video courtesy of NBC Sports Bay Area
Roupp also believes he has turned a corner after working through some inconsistencies earlier in the season. He said his pitch execution has improved and feels much closer to the pitcher he was at the beginning of the year.
"I feel like I'm back to where I should be," Roupp said. "Locating the sinker, and really all my pitches, and just mixing it up and giving the guys a hard time to square something up. I feel like I'm back to where I was at the beginning, so I just have to keep building off that."
The right-hander admitted he lost track of how deep he had worked into the game because of how efficiently the innings unfolded.
"I looked up there when I was going out for the sixth and didn't even realize it was the sixth," Roupp said. "Kind of felt like I was going out there for the fifth."
Although the Giants have continued to find themselves on the wrong side of close games, Roupp believes the club must continue pushing forward rather than dwelling on difficult breaks.
"A little bit," Roupp said when asked if unfortunate moments have begun to pile up. "Just kind of like that call today. Just kind of unlucky things, and then it just kind of goes from there. We've got to find a way to stop that and just play some better baseball all around."
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Following the game, Roupp didn't hide his frustration with the ruling involving shortstop Willy Adames at second base, where the Royals runner was ruled safe after umpires determined Adames had pushed him off the bag.
"Whether he was out or safe, I think it's kind of a pretty bad call," Roupp said. "I've watched it 10 times since I've been in here, and there's no way Willy pushed him off the bag. I don't really know. I just thought it was kind of a stupid call."
Despite the emotional moment, Roupp said the play did not affect his approach on the mound. Instead, he pointed to one pitch that ultimately changed the inning.
"I felt like I got right back to it," Roupp said. "I just pulled that sinker a little bit. Salvador Perez hadn't looked good on sinkers at all today, and I tried to go back in there and just left it over the plate a little bit. He put a good swing on it."
Video courtesy of NBC Sports Bay Area
Roupp also believes he has turned a corner after working through some inconsistencies earlier in the season. He said his pitch execution has improved and feels much closer to the pitcher he was at the beginning of the year.
"I feel like I'm back to where I should be," Roupp said. "Locating the sinker, and really all my pitches, and just mixing it up and giving the guys a hard time to square something up. I feel like I'm back to where I was at the beginning, so I just have to keep building off that."
The right-hander admitted he lost track of how deep he had worked into the game because of how efficiently the innings unfolded.
"I looked up there when I was going out for the sixth and didn't even realize it was the sixth," Roupp said. "Kind of felt like I was going out there for the fifth."
Although the Giants have continued to find themselves on the wrong side of close games, Roupp believes the club must continue pushing forward rather than dwelling on difficult breaks.
"A little bit," Roupp said when asked if unfortunate moments have begun to pile up. "Just kind of like that call today. Just kind of unlucky things, and then it just kind of goes from there. We've got to find a way to stop that and just play some better baseball all around."
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