Yusei Kikuchi had another rough outing on Thursday night against the Los Angeles Angels. I was hoping he would turn things around for the sake of the Mariners who are having a terrible May. I figured to the Angels are one team the Mariners should be able to beat on a regular basis. It is showing the difficulty this team is having right now.
Kikuchi was only able to go three and a third inning before the Mariners had to go to the bullpen. He started off giving up a run in the first inning followed by two in the second and another in the third. He didn't have any power on his fastball and his other pitches weren't doing well either. He gave a home run in both the second and third inning. The Angels scored two more in the 4th and 5th inning. Reliever Dave McKay gave up two runs in an inning. The first time he has been roughed up since being recalled from Tacoma. At that point, the Mariners were behind 8-0.
The Mariners scored three runs on a home run by Tim Beckham in the fifth inning. Mitch Haniger and Jay Bruce each had hits before Beckham's home run. They were three of the four hits the Mariners had in the game. Besides those three the only other hit was by Kyle Seager who is hitting .240 since being activated from the IL last Saturday.
It is time that Kikuchi has his start of one inning before the Mariners go to the bullpen since he is struggling on the mound right now. I am sure many are wondering if he has an injury as well.
Mike Leake goes on the mound for the Mariners Friday night. He has not pitched well of late. For the Mariners to get out of their funk he needs to turn things around. The Angels should be the team to do it too. Go M's.
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