7-2 with a 3.75 ERA
Moon Sung-dae Reporter = Japanese pitcher Yusei Kikuchi (32) of the Toronto Blue Jays has earned his seventh win of the season.
Kikuchi started the 2023 Major League Baseball (MLB) World Series home opener against the Oakland Athletics at Rogers Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on Saturday (June 26) and pitched seven innings of two-hit ball, striking out eight and walking one토스카지노.
Kikuchi used a fastball that touched 97 mph (156 km/h), along with a slider and curveball, in a 12-1 victory.
With his first win in his last five starts, Kikuchi picked up his seventh win of the season (2-0) and lowered his ERA to 3.75. He is tied for second on the team in wins.
Kikuchi tied a career high with seven wins before the season was halfway over. At his current pace, he’s on pace for 15 or more wins.
Toronto manager John Schneider said, “Kikuchi has been throwing his pitches in any count lately. “Today, he had a good slow curveball, a good combination of fastball and slider for strikes, and he was able to vary his velocity with the same pitches to make it harder for hitters to hit them,” said Toronto manager John Schuder.