Juan Nicasio was beside himself while sitting at his locker Friday afternoon at Safeco Field, though not to the extreme of the night before in the Seattle Mariners’ loss. Not after his fastball drifted into the middle of the plate and Kendrys Morales obliged with a go-ahead two-run home run in the seventh inning.
NIcasio led the National League in appearances a season ago and he’s prided himself all season on wanting to be able to pitch every day, if he can. But he said he’s struggled most all year with chronic pain in his right knee, the same issue that sent him to the disabled list in May.