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Kikuchi’s record now sits at 0-3 on the season. The veteran lefty got off to a strong start in this one, retiring the side in order in the first inning while keeping the Royals off the board until the fourth. Things came apart in the fourth frame for Kikuchi after he allowed two of the first three batters he faced to reach base, which led to Bobby Witt Jr. scoring on a fielder’s choice. The Royals would then string together four straight hits, including back-to-back doubles, to push their lead to 5-0. Kikuchi would pitch a scoreless fifth before exiting, but the damage had already been done. He’ll have a good chance to pick up his first win of the season next Wednesday when he takes the mound against the White Sox.

His best start in an Orioles uniform, it goes without saying. The Astros strung together three consecutive singles with two outs in the seventh to finally push Bassitt off the mound, but he allowed just four hard-hit balls and had a sharp breaking ball today, getting eight of his 12 whiffs on the curveball and sweeper while finding a 35 percent CSW rate. He’s slated to draw the Marlins next week, but would be a fringe stream at best.

Lambert had been solid through four innings, but his pitch count was at 91 and Joe Espada showed a quick hook in the top of the fifth after a one-out double. Steven Okert came on and allowed a single and a walk before Adley Rutschman hit a grand slam to break the game open, charging one additional run to Lambert’s ledger. Lambert’s only pitch that generated more than two whiffs was his changeup, and while this has been a fun ride so far, this wasn’t up to the standard of his first couple of starts. Fantasy managers will want to avoid Lambert against the Dodgers next week.

Webb wasn’t exactly in complete control here, but he managed his way through some jams, including escaping two runners in scoring position and nobody out with no runs in during the fourth inning. The Giants bullpen, naturally, blew the game and left Webb’s fantasy managers winless. Webb’s scheduled to draw the Padres in his next start. He’s lowered his ERA from 7.36 to 4.30 over his last five starts, with four quality starts in his last five turns.

It was his longest outing of the year, but he left in line for a loss as the Phillies were stymied by Logan Webb. The Giants hit back-to-back doubles lead off the game and both runners scored, but after that Sánchez locked in and handled the Giants three times through the order. Sánchez allowed 10 hard-hit balls and generated just nine whiffs, but found enough of the zone to finish with a 32 percent CSW rate. He’s likely to match up with the Athletics in his next start.

Schwarber finished 1-for-2 with two walks as Logan Webb showed little interest in pitching to him after allowing a shot into the second deck down the right-field line. The burly slugger is off to a .196/.358/.533 start in his first 30 games of the season, with a surprisingly high 37.3 percent strikeout rate driving the lower average. That rate was only 32.6 percent last year.

All three hits were against left-handed pitchers. Ramos started the game with a double to center and added on a few hits to right-center later in the contest, though he was stranded each of those times. He’s now hitting .379/.438/.621 against lefties and actually led off the game here against LHP Cristopher Sánchez, so he has a little added utility in daily transaction leagues where he can be spotted against left-handers.

One of Crawford’s three singles was a line drive. Another was a bunt with men on first and second with two outs. And, finally, his walkoff hit was a grounder deep in the hole that he beat out by a step. It hasn’t all been bad in Crawford’s first month in the majors — he’s hitting .267/.337/.349. But the speed has yet to translate into the sort of stolen bases that would make him fantasy-interesting. He was thrown out for the second time today and has just two steals so far.

Walker gave up a leadoff walk to Adolis García and a game-tying triple down the right-field line to Bryson Stott. A comebacker from Edmundo Sosa was the second out, but Justin Crawford was able to leg out a walkoff groundball single on a ball deep into the hole. Walker, carrying a 1.50 WHIP and 4.26 ERA, had looked to have finally made inroads on the Giants closer role after back-to-back saves on April 21 and April 22. But he’s just not pitching well enough to say he has it for sure right now.

He’d allowed one hit and struck out two before leaving. Woodruff showed an alarming amount of diminished velocity, with his four-seamer averaging just 85.4 mph while topping out at 86.9 mph. Manager Pat Murphy said that Woodruff wasn’t feeling any pain, but that getting him out of the game felt like the right move. If this dead arm sort of issue leads to an IL stint, hopefully it won’t be a long one.

Ibáñez, hitting .118/.167/.118 through his first 18 plate appearances of the season with the Athletics, will fit right in with the Mets.