Tony Gonsolin faced a tough outing during the Dodgers' loss to the Angels, struggling with a bleeding finger after attempting to remove dead skin. Despite allowing a leadoff home run and another two-run homer in the first inning, he managed to pitch four innings on a season-high 97 pitches. Gonsolin maintained that he would not use his injury as an excuse for his performance, acknowledging poor execution on the mound. His ability to finish the game was a small victory amidst the team's overall defeat in the Freeway Series.
"Just had some dead skin after the bullpen and tried to pick it off, and it took some good skin with it. Just wouldn't stop bleeding."
"Yeah, I wasn't going to let something like a little blood pull me out of the game, especially after this first batter."
"I mean, it's basically just like having skin there, honestly. I don't make excuses for it. I just couldn't execute pitches, and I'm not going to blame my thumb or whatever."
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