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Is the strangeness attendant to the phenomenon of Yusei Kikuchi an epistemological strangeness, in that he eludes our present means of knowing, but is fundamentally knowable and may one day be known; or is it an ontological strangeness; that is, is Yusei Kikuchi's strangeness in principle inexplicable? Does it deny and defy rationality in an absolute sense? Either way, four runs allowed in four innings against the Orioles is rough, and it was enough to bring the Blue Jays 7-0 streak against Baltimore (outscoring the O's 83-29 over that glorious stretch) to a low-key ignoble close. The Blue Jays drew even with the Orioles at three in the fourth on the strength of "Chapman's homer" (haha [look into it]), but Kikuchi allowed a solo home run to the next batter he faced, and the story from there, from a Blue Jays perspective, was runners left stranded. When a leaping catch at first kept George Springer from driving in the tying run in the eighth, it felt like the end even though "the big bats" were due up in the ninth, and it turned out that wasn't just the dread talking. Ah well: with José Berríos and Kevin Gausman our starters for the next two, there's every reason to think we can/will still take three-out-of-four, which is all you can really ask for. I am always saddened a little when the Blue Jays fall below .600, which is an unfair standard, but they're really good! They can do it! I've seen it! We've all seen it! They should just do it!
KS
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