Yu Darvish has been awesome against the Milwaukee Brewers this season, allowing just one earned run in two starts against the rivals to the north. Darvish got a no-decision in the 3-2 Chicago Cubs win Friday, but he’ll take the good outing and he also got his first hit on the North Side.
Darvish hit a leadoff double in the fifth inning that gave everyone a laugh, including Justin Verlander poking some fun at the lack of gracefulness the Cubs pitcher showed running the bases. But let’s focus on the good: Yu Darvish is an extra base machine!
He now has five career hits, remember before getting traded to the Dodgers last year Darvish was in the American League for six years, but three of them have been extra base hits. Not bad. His double on Friday might have been helped out by a special bat used by Darvish.
Apparently he was using a Shohei Ohtani bat.
バットを頂いたので早速使ったら2塁打を打てました。
ありがとうございました。
二塁回ってこけたので次はスパイクください。 pic.twitter.com/RYXmFEFAUE— ダルビッシュ有(Yu Darvish) (@faridyu) April 28, 2018
Yu hit his double yesterday while using an Ohtani model bat. 👀 https://t.co/W6L7YL03DQ
— MLB (@MLB) April 28, 2018
Yu also has a good sense of humor about tripping around second base.
Yu’s saying “I got this bat from Shohei and hit a double, but I tripped on second base so give me your cleats Shohei”
— young spy (@youngspy700) April 28, 2018
— ラスカは憂鬱@受験低浮上 (@kaaarprasuka) April 28, 2018
