Yusei Kikuchi and the Toronto Blue Jays will take the mound against Patrick Corbin and the Washington Nationals on Friday night.
The Toronto Blue Jays will head on the road this weekend to open up a three-game series against the Washington Nationals at Nationals Park in Washington, D.C., on Friday night. This will be the first game this year between these two teams. The Blue Jays are 15-17 heading into this weekend as the No. 4 team in the American League East just 5.5 games behind the divisional-leading Baltimore Orioles. They lost two of three games against the Kansas City Royals in the team’s last series scoring just two runs over the last two games. The Nationals are 15-16 overall this season as the No. 4 team in the National League East. They are six games behind the divisional-leading Atlanta Braves despite dropping two of three games against the Texas Rangers on the road in their last three-game series.
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Yusei Kikuchi will start the game on the mound for Toronto in this opening game. The left-hander is 2-2 this season with a 2.94 ERA and 36 strikeouts over 33.2 innings. He allowed four earned runs on nine hits over 6.0 innings with three strikeouts in a 4-2 loss against the Los Angeles Dodgers at home.
Washington will put Patrick Corbin on the mound in the top of the first inning tonight. The left-hander is winless in his 2024 campaign with an 0-3 record and a 6.82 ERA. He has given up 47 hits with 22 strikeouts and 13 walks over the span of 31.2 innings. He has a 1.69 WHIP and has given up four home runs.
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