Yusei Kikuchi gave his team a much\u002Dneeded shot in the arm against the Miami Marlins, while Ernie Clement emerged as the unlikely catalyst.
First time through the order and Kikuchi pitched like a Cy Young candidate in striking out five. Of greater importance was the fact he did not surrender a single hit in that span.
When the hot-hitting Luis Arraez led off the fourth inning, he fought off some wicked pitches and then was able to get the barrel on the ball, sending a long single down the line in left. For Arraez, it was his 12th hit in his last 15 at-bats. Kikuchi’s counterpart Eury Perez was no slouch himself. Matt Chapman and Bo Bichette got hits off Perez, but he also got Vladimir Guerrero Jr. to hit into a double-play.Article contentOn his second hit of the night, Chapman ended up on third in the fifth when he stroked a one-out double and was able to stretch it on an error.
It was also the end of Kikuchi’s masterful night as the lefty provided exactly what the Blue Jays needed in these times of tumult.Article contentInjured 1B/DH Brandon Belt, who has been reduced to sitting in the team’s dugout following a hamstring injury, ran the bases prior to Tuesday night’s game and was able to hit off a high-velocity pitching machine.Belt is eligible to come off the injured list on Wednesday, when the Jays wrap up their stay in South Beach with a matinee meeting.
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