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| staff ace 菊池 雄星 |
Understandably, this one was being referred to as "The Daulton Varsho Game," owing to that selfsame Varsho's opposite-field home run, his bunt single, and his tremendous, inning-ending throw to the plate. All great stuff! But a bigger story, to me, is that Yusei Kikuchi pitched as well as we have seen him as a Blue Jay, and in fact had the best start of anyone in the rotation this first time through it. The excellent Keegan Matheson suggested that this was the most "expressive" we have seen Kikuchi on the mound, but in this instance I find myself in low-key disagreement with this exemplary beat reporter, and would suggest instead that Kikuchi is pretty much always super expressive; it is just that he is usually expressing an unbearable sadness, and his great yearning. Not this time, though! Any game in which Yusei Kikuchi's fine start is relieved by Yimi Garcia is going to be a big winner in my books, and when you add to that mix several scoreless inning from Mayza, Swanson, and Romano, we are really talking. We're battling our way back to .500! We can do it, guys! Plenty of season left!
KS
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