Mike Leake vs. JA Happ, 3:35pm
The M’s look for a series split today behind Mike Leake as they take on old friend JA Happ and the Yankees. The M’s won last night behind a great start from Yusei Kikuchi, who tossed 7 2/3 IP, and while he didn’t have his strikeout stuff going, he clearly kept the Yankees off balance most of the night.
And Yankee fans think they know why: pine tar. Kikuchi appeared to have a glob of something on the inner brim of his cap, and he went to his cap quite often during the game.