Intro back at globalite field you say kakuchi is on the mound there you see his numbers overall 4.67 he's got 141 strikeouts on the season he picked up 11 in that first start as a Houston Astro keep an eye on that fastball usage he pulled back on that last start but this team right here in the Texas Rangers having a tough time with 95 plus hitting 215 against it which is good for 28th in Highlights baseball Josh sends this one into shallow left field trotting in and playing left for the second straight game as yordon Alvarez puts it away see if Kikuchi can try and stay away from that Up and Away part of the Zone but gets a quick ground ball on the slide piece right at Jose altu sharply hit but out number two semi and by far the most at bats of any of these Rangers against Kikuchi 31 career bats a lot of those came when you say was with Seattle this ball hit to right field sending dubon back a step or two Mauricio puts it away good start to this one for Kikuchi the Gameplay AST lead after one one to nothing oh yeah give it to him fast ball freezing Nathaniel low Kikuchi trying to pitch around a runner on third and nobody out how about left on left just some cheese from you say kakuchi with a paint job at 96 every baseball hit this inning has been at least 92 and 1 12 milph off the bat there's a called third strike you say picking up both strikeouts on called thirds two away in the inning do it again how about kartini's reaction he and Kikuchi have a good little thing going early on just their second start together as he picks up a strikeout to end the inning now you'll hear a lot of Astro pitchers in the analytics talking about shapes of pitches and maybe that shape of that curveball just didn't feel like it played as well as maybe Kikuchi thought when he was in Toronto good change up right there just locked up young he didn't know what to do with that pitch another change up for a strike out Kikuchi now has four three in the last two innings surprising that he took that though cuz even if that's a fast ball that would have stayed on the plate too mhm Rangers had two Runners on last inning they have two Runners on this inning Kikuchi also pitched around a runner on third and nobody out in the second had some traffic behind him since the first gets a strike out here of adoli as he uses that fast ball up for strike out number five you can see where kartini was set up inside but still had the benefit of that late life on that fast ball got him kartini with another fist pump after an inning ending strikeout Simeon struck out to end the third and now Kikuchi with three more strikeouts in the fourth got him strikeout number seven for Kikuchi a one two three inning for the first time since the first inning Astros lead after five still two [Applause] nothing got him that is eight strikeouts for coochie as he picks up the first out of the sixth inning nice little slide they kind of backed up a little bit big swing from Young in that 32 count and that'll be it for the Astro left-handers so in it's second outing in an Astro's uniform he goes five in a third Innings after going five and two3 in his first start he's responsible for the runner on first allowing just one run to this point on the home run by Simeon well a pitching change here in a 5 to one game