{"id":1576,"date":"2023-05-08T15:27:09","date_gmt":"2023-05-08T06:27:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tegered.work\/ohtani_channel_en\/?p=1576"},"modified":"2023-05-08T15:27:09","modified_gmt":"2023-05-08T06:27:09","slug":"baseball-confident-kikuchi-earns-5th-win-as-blue-jays-sink-pirates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tegered.work\/ohtani_channel_en\/?p=1576","title":{"rendered":"Baseball: Confident Kikuchi earns 5th win as Blue Jays sink Pirates"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"width: 75px;height: 75px;border-radius: 50%;background: url(https:\/\/nordot-res.cloudinary.com\/c_limit,w_200,h_200,f_auto,q_auto:eco\/ch\/units\/288215928582407265\/profile_2.png);background-position: center;background-size: cover;vertical-align: middle\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 5px;font-size: 14px;font-weight: bold;vertical-align: middle\">Published by <br \/>Kyodo News<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 10px\"><\/div>\n<p>Yusei Kikuchi declared he was in the best form of his MLB career after throwing 6-1\/3 shutout innings for the Toronto Blue Jays in a 10-1 win Sunday over the Pittsburgh Pirates that completed a three-game sweep. 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