Toronto Blue Jays Yusei Kikuchi (33) was hit by a pitch. Pittsburgh Pirates Bae Ji-hwan (25) was out.
Kikuchi started the game against Pittsburgh at Rogers Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada on Sunday (Feb. 2) and allowed six runs (five earned) on nine hits (one home run) with one walk and four strikeouts in 5 1/3 innings.
After giving up a leadoff walk to Andrew McCutchen in the top of the first, Kikuchi struck out Brian Reynolds, but a double by Conor Jo put runners on second and third. He then gave up an RBI sacrifice fly to Edward Olivarez for the go-ahead run, followed by a two-run homer to Keybryan Hayes. Nick Gonzalez struck out to end the inning.
After getting Yasmani Grandal to fly out to lead off the second inning, Kikuchi gave up a single to Jared Triolo but retired both Michael A. Taylor and McCutchen. 바카라사이트 Both the third and fourth innings ended with strikeouts.
Kikuchi led off the fifth with a double off Triolo and moved to second on a sacrifice bunt by Taylor.
After a McCutchen single, Kikuchi gave up back-to-back singles to Reynolds and Cho. Cho was thrown out at second base, and Olivares got a diving catch by right fielder George Springer to end the inning.
Kikuchi returned to the mound in the sixth and gave up back-to-back singles to Hayes and Gonzalez, and a sacrifice bunt by Grandal put runners on second and third. He was replaced by Ryan Burr to end the inning. Triolo’s throw to shortstop Bo Buehler was misplayed, allowing Kikuchi to score a run.
Toronto fell victim to Pittsburgh’s lopsided lead and ultimately lost the game 1-8. The Pittsburgh bats were overwhelmed and Kikuchi took the loss.
Kikuchi threw 89 pitches. He threw a four-seam (44 pitches), curveball (22 pitches), changeup (19 pitches), and slider (4 pitches), but was unable to keep Pittsburgh hitters in check. His fastball topped out at 97.8 miles per hour (157.4 kilometers per hour), but he was unable to generate any power. Kikuchi, who was cruising to a season ERA of 2.64 through March 22, followed up a poor outing against Detroit on March 27 (five runs on eight hits (one homer) in three innings) with another bad outing that pushed his ERA to 3.66. On the season, he is 2-5 with a 3.66 ERA in 12 games (66 1/3 innings). After winning 11 games last season to establish himself as Toronto’s top starter, he has just two wins this season.
Meanwhile, Bae Ji-hwan, 메이저 토토사이트 who was left out of the starting lineup, was rested for the game. In seven games this season, he is batting 2-for-1 with four runs (19 RBI), two doubles, five runs scored, two stolen bases and a .497 OPS.