If the pitching coach Pete Walker's facial expression is any sign, patience may be thin
Oakland — Walking a track and field hitter Tired — four of them are the first two innings — Blue Jays starter Hiroo Kikuchi confused the free pass routine.
Third time, he attacked two athletic hitters and added them to the adventure.
It was such an outing for the embarrassed Japanese left-handed, and a depressing result for J's pitching staff.
On Tuesday night, a low-level athletics (the worst record proprietress in major league baseball) defeated Jays with a 5-3 victory at the Auckland Coliseum. ..
It was an unsightly exhibition, starting with Kikuchi and moving to a sparse crowd of 4,846 people, until Jaze was defeated five times in a row. , Match the season high.
Jaze is now upset by the tight schedule and worn-out pitching staff. Consider that in the wins on Monday and Tuesday, 20% (2 out of 10) of A's home wins opposed Jaze.
There are a lot of problems with the recent Jaze pitching group, but Kikuchi's misery may have hit a new low on Tuesday. ..
Southpo, who made his 16th start this year, walked the first two hitters he faced and then went downhill. Nine of the A hitters he faced reached the base and only two from the hit. This is not a typo. Kikuchi walked 5 steps in 2.1 innings and hit A's pair.
Pitching coach Pete Walker's patience if the facial expression on his first visit after his first two walks was any sign May be flimsy.
So what has Jaze ever gained from Kikuchi's three-year US $ 36 million contract? In eight of the 16 starts, he was less than four innings because his confidence seemed to be as shot as his ability.
And with no depth or reliable options, Jaze is in a dire situation.
Send help
When things get worse, things get worse.
Take you to half of the sixth Jaze. There is one man and Matt Chapman on the plate.
Alejandro Kirk came in third after a third baseman from the former athletics slammed a single into the centerfield, giving a green light from coach Luis Rivera to his house. came back.
Kirk continued to chug, but he was a few steps too late to bowl A's catcher Sean Murphy and effectively end the rally's hops. ..
Game on
Chapman's first night hit was impressive, with a second two-run home run playing the game with two. I squared it. 2 ... Jays tries to avoid the series sweep on Wednesday when Jose Berrios receives Jays' call ... The eight-game road trip continues on Thursday, the first of four against the Mariners in Seattle. Will be done.
rlongley@postmedia.com
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