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The 33-year-old left-hander racked up five strikeouts on the evening while issuing only one base on balls. All of the damage done against him came via the long ball as Javier Baez and Gleyber Torres each swatted solo home runs in the third inning. Kikuchi generated eight swings and misses on 93 pitches in the ballgame, posting a CSW of 27 percent. Still searching for his first victory of the season, Kikuchi will tote a 4.21 ERA, 1.54 WHIP and a 33/19 K/BB ratio (36 1/3 innings) into Wednesday’s matchup against the Blue Jays.

Neto hit a leadoff homer off Emerson Hancock to give the Angels a 1-0 lead. End of scoring. For both teams. Neto has homered three times already in 2026, and he could be on his way to his first 30-homer campaign of his young career.

Romano didn’t give up a hit, but he has Jo Adell to thank for that, as he made a diving leap into the right-field fence to rob J.P. Crawford of a homer. He got the next two hitters out without issue, and he’s up to three saves while not allowing an earned run to begin his time with the Halos.

Hancock threw six no-hit innings against the Guardians in his last outing, and that was immediately off the table with a solo homer allowed to Zach Neto. He was mostly outstanding from that point on, and it’s nice to see that he averaged 95.1 mph with his fastball after it sat 93.5 in his previous outing. Hancock’s rotation spot is far from a lock with Bryce Miller expected back relatively shortly, but he’s done nothing to suggest he doesn’t deserve more turns in the rotation. He’ll get the Astros at home Friday.

Kochanowicz was shelled in his start against the Astros, and there was an awful lot of hard contact allowed in this one, too. Fortunately for him, he was able to see much of it land in the gloves of outfielders, and he did do a decent job of missing bats with the seven strikeouts and 12 swings-and-misses generated. It would be a mistake in process to see if Kochanowicz can do this again versus the Reds on Friday.

Adell has been objectively one of the worst defensive players in the sport since becoming a regular. Don’t tell that to the Mariners. He robbed Cal Raleigh of a homer in the first, Josh Naylor of a roundtripper in the late innings, and in the bottom of the ninth, he dove into the right-field bleachers to rob J.P. Crawford of a solo shot that woulda tied the game. Remarkable. Adell is certainly athletic enough to provide these types of things, but you probably would have guessed several other outfielders before landing on Adell to do it.

Emerson and the Mariners can both breathe a sigh of relief. The 20-year-old looked to be in significant pain after fouling a ball off his foot and not being able to continue after the at-bat. He’ll likely sit a day or two, but it appears that Emerson has avoided a serious injury.

The Marlins scored two runs in the eighth to tie the game before the Yankees scored three in the bottom of the inning to rebuild a three-run cushion. It’s a good thing they did because Bednar had a rough inning. He allowed an infield single to start the inning and then later issued a walk and gave up an RBI single. He gave up yet another single, but it was sandwiched between two strikeouts, including one of Griffin Conine to end the game. It’s Bednar’s fourth save of the season, and while his 4.15 ERA leaves a little to be desired, he should likely be one of the better closers in fantasy this season.

Bellinger launched a 394-foot home run at 105.5 mph off the bat against Max Meyer for his first home run of the season. The RBIs are also his first RBIs of the season, so it’s been a slow start to the season for the 30-year-old, but today was a good step in the right direction.

Perez was a DH in the second game after going 0-for-4 as a catcher in the afternoon defeat. His homer off Brandon Sproat was his second of the year. He also scored after one of the walks, which is more of a rarity for him than the homer.

The Royals didn’t bust out until the bottom of the sixth, so Lugo, who needed to throw 64 pitches between the third and fourth innings, wasn’t involved in the decision. He’ll be a solid play in mixed leagues with the White Sox next on the schedule.