That was not the same Juan Nicasio.
“Juan looked angry out there tonight.” Seattle Mariners manager Scott Servais said following their 4-1 win against the Oakland Athletics on Thursday. “I think he wasn’t really happy with the way things went last night.”
Nicasio had allowed a game-tying home run in the eighth inning of Wednesday night’s loss.
He was more crushed for James Paxton, who struck out 16 batters and allowed no runs in seven innings. That’s the most strikeouts by a pitcher this year and the most ever by a Canadian-born pitcher.