YUSEI KIKUCHI

2026-04-07 vs Angels

LHPRank CBraves vs Angels

5.0

R / ER

4/4

Movement

EXT 6.84 ft

avg pfxX
0.95

avg pfxZ
3.30

Spin
2236

Release Angle
37°

vs LHB

26 tracked pitches

vs RHB

71 tracked pitches

Pitch Frequency / Usage

vs LHB%

31%↑

Cutter 26%

vs RHB%

24%↓

vs LHB%

23%↓

Splitter 26%

vs RHB%

27%↑

vs LHB%

15%↓

Four-Seam Fastball 23%

vs RHB%

25%↑

vs LHB%

31%↑

Slider 18%

vs RHB%

13%↓

vs LHB%

0%↓

Curveball 8%

vs RHB%

11%↑

Arrows are vs overall usage

Pitch Arsenal

Velocity, shape, command, and outcome by pitch type

5 pitch types

Pitch	#	%	Velo	Spin	Ext	Zone%	Strike%	CSW%	Whiff%	FStuff+
Cutter	25	25.8	90.8	2318	6.85	72.0	40.0	40.0	24.0	116
Splitter	25	25.8	87.0	1539	6.85	36.0	20.0	20.0	12.0	89
Four-Seam Fastball	22	22.7	95.3	2270	6.88	54.5	13.6	13.6	0.0	100
Slider	17	17.5	87.3	2447	6.79	70.6	29.4	29.4	23.5	99
Curveball	8	8.2	79.0	2606	6.72	37.5	12.5	12.5	0.0	85
Total	97	100.0	89.3	2152	6.84	55.7	24.7	24.7	13.4	100

Detailed Log

Pitch-by-pitch details

Pitch events from MLB Stats API

#	Inning	Batter	Side	Type	Velo	Count	Call	Result
1	1 Top	Ronald Acuña Jr.	R	Cutter	92.0	0-1	Foul	Foul
2	1 Top	Ronald Acuña Jr.	R	Splitter	88.5	0-2	Foul	Foul
3	1 Top	Ronald Acuña Jr.	R	Four-Seam Fastball	96.6	1-2	Ball	Ball
4	1 Top	Ronald Acuña Jr.	R	Splitter	88.3	1-2	In play, out(s)	Ronald Acuña Jr. lines out to shortstop Zach Neto.
1	1 Top	Drake Baldwin	L	Slider	87.3	0-1	Swinging Strike	Swinging Strike
2	1 Top	Drake Baldwin	L	Slider	88.6	0-2	Foul	Foul
3	1 Top	Drake Baldwin	L	Splitter	89.0	1-2	Ball	Ball
4	1 Top	Drake Baldwin	L	Slider	88.4	2-2	Ball	Ball
5	1 Top	Drake Baldwin	L	Slider	87.8	2-3	Swinging Strike	Drake Baldwin strikes out swinging.
1	1 Top	Ozzie Albies	R	Curveball	78.2	1-0	Ball	Ball
2	1 Top	Ozzie Albies	R	Splitter	85.5	1-1	Called Strike	Called Strike
3	1 Top	Ozzie Albies	R	Splitter	85.3	2-1	Ball	Ball
4	1 Top	Ozzie Albies	R	Slider	86.4	2-2	Foul	Foul
5	1 Top	Ozzie Albies	R	Splitter	85.9	2-3	Swinging Strike	Ozzie Albies strikes out swinging.
1	2 Top	Matt Olson	L	Four-Seam Fastball	94.8	0-1	Foul	Foul
2	2 Top	Matt Olson	L	Splitter	85.7	1-1	Ball	Ball
3	2 Top	Matt Olson	L	Slider	87.1	2-1	Ball	Ball
4	2 Top	Matt Olson	L	Slider	86.4	2-2	Called Strike	Called Strike
5	2 Top	Matt Olson	L	Cutter	93.1	3-2	Ball	Ball
6	2 Top	Matt Olson	L	Cutter	91.7	3-2	Foul	Foul
7	2 Top	Matt Olson	L	Cutter	91.1	3-2	Foul	Foul
8	2 Top	Matt Olson	L	Cutter	90.9	3-2	In play, no out	Matt Olson doubles (6) on a fly ball to right fielder Jo Adell.
1	2 Top	Austin Riley	R	Four-Seam Fastball	95.3	0-1	Called Strike	Called Strike
2	2 Top	Austin Riley	R	Four-Seam Fastball	95.6	1-1	Ball	Ball
3	2 Top	Austin Riley	R	Four-Seam Fastball	95.4	1-2	Foul	Foul
4	2 Top	Austin Riley	R	Curveball	81.0	2-2	Ball	Ball
5	2 Top	Austin Riley	R	Four-Seam Fastball	95.8	2-2	Foul	Foul
6	2 Top	Austin Riley	R	Splitter	87.2	3-2	Ball	Ball
7	2 Top	Austin Riley	R	Slider	88.8	3-2	In play, out(s)	Austin Riley grounds out, shortstop Zach Neto to first baseman Nolan Schanuel. Matt Olson to 3rd.
1	2 Top	Mauricio Dubón	R	Four-Seam Fastball	95.8	1-0	Ball	Ball
2	2 Top	Mauricio Dubón	R	Splitter	87.2	2-0	Ball In Dirt	Ball In Dirt
3	2 Top	Mauricio Dubón	R	Slider	86.9	2-1	Swinging Strike	Swinging Strike
4	2 Top	Mauricio Dubón	R	Four-Seam Fastball	95.0	2-2	Foul	Foul
5	2 Top	Mauricio Dubón	R	Splitter	88.8	3-2	Ball In Dirt	Ball In Dirt
6	2 Top	Mauricio Dubón	R	Slider	87.5	3-3	Swinging Strike	Mauricio Dubón strikes out swinging.
1	2 Top	Eli White	R	Curveball	79.1	0-1	Called Strike	Called Strike
2	2 Top	Eli White	R	Splitter	87.3	1-1	Ball In Dirt	Ball In Dirt
3	2 Top	Eli White	R	Splitter	86.8	2-1	Ball	Ball
4	2 Top	Eli White	R	Slider	88.2	2-2	Foul	Foul
5	2 Top	Eli White	R	Four-Seam Fastball	96.2	3-2	Ball	Ball
6	2 Top	Eli White	R	Curveball	80.2	3-2	Foul	Foul
7	2 Top	Eli White	R	Cutter	89.5	3-2	Foul	Foul
8	2 Top	Eli White	R	Slider	88.2	3-2	In play, run(s)	Eli White doubles (1) on a line drive to left fielder Josh Lowe. Matt Olson scores.
1	2 Top	Jonah Heim	R	Four-Seam Fastball	95.5	1-0	Ball	Ball
2	2 Top	Jonah Heim	R	Four-Seam Fastball	96.2	1-0	In play, out(s)	Jonah Heim grounds out, first baseman Nolan Schanuel to pitcher Yusei Kikuchi.
1	3 Top	Jorge Mateo	R	Cutter	89.9	1-0	Ball	Ball
2	3 Top	Jorge Mateo	R	Cutter	90.3	2-0	Ball	Ball
3	3 Top	Jorge Mateo	R	Cutter	88.7	2-1	Called Strike	Called Strike
4	3 Top	Jorge Mateo	R	Slider	85.8	2-2	Foul	Foul
5	3 Top	Jorge Mateo	R	Cutter	90.9	2-3	Swinging Strike	Jorge Mateo strikes out swinging.
1	3 Top	Ronald Acuña Jr.	R	Cutter	91.8	0-1	Called Strike	Called Strike
2	3 Top	Ronald Acuña Jr.	R	Cutter	93.3	0-2	Called Strike	Called Strike
3	3 Top	Ronald Acuña Jr.	R	Four-Seam Fastball	96.4	1-2	Ball	Ball
4	3 Top	Ronald Acuña Jr.	R	Splitter	88.2	1-2	In play, out(s)	Ronald Acuña Jr. flies out to left fielder Josh Lowe.
1	3 Top	Drake Baldwin	L	Slider	87.4	0-0	In play, no out	Drake Baldwin singles on a line drive to right fielder Jo Adell.
1	3 Top	Ozzie Albies	R	Splitter	87.3	0-1	Called Strike	Called Strike
2	3 Top	Ozzie Albies	R	Splitter	87.2	0-1	In play, out(s)	Ozzie Albies grounds out, shortstop Zach Neto to first baseman Nolan Schanuel.
1	4 Top	Matt Olson	L	Four-Seam Fastball	92.4	1-0	Ball	Ball
2	4 Top	Matt Olson	L	Cutter	88.6	1-1	Foul	Foul
3	4 Top	Matt Olson	L	Cutter	90.1	1-2	Swinging Strike	Swinging Strike
4	4 Top	Matt Olson	L	Splitter	87.1	2-2	Ball	Ball
5	4 Top	Matt Olson	L	Slider	85.9	3-2	Ball	Ball
6	4 Top	Matt Olson	L	Cutter	89.2	4-2	Ball In Dirt	Matt Olson walks.
1	4 Top	Austin Riley	R	Curveball	78.3	0-1	Foul	Foul
2	4 Top	Austin Riley	R	Four-Seam Fastball	94.6	0-2	Foul Tip	Foul Tip
3	4 Top	Austin Riley	R	Splitter	87.8	1-2	Ball	Ball
4	4 Top	Austin Riley	R	Four-Seam Fastball	96.2	1-2	In play, run(s)	Austin Riley singles on a ground ball to right fielder Jo Adell. Matt Olson scores.
1	4 Top	Mauricio Dubón	R	Curveball	77.7	1-0	Ball	Ball
2	4 Top	Mauricio Dubón	R	Splitter	86.4	2-0	Ball	Ball
3	4 Top	Mauricio Dubón	R	Cutter	90.5	2-0	In play, no out	Mauricio Dubón doubles (3) on a sharp line drive to left fielder Josh Lowe. Austin Riley to 3rd.
1	4 Top	Eli White	R	Curveball	78.9	0-0	In play, run(s)	Eli White out on a sacrifice fly to center fielder Mike Trout. Austin Riley scores. Mauricio Dubón to 3rd.
1	4 Top	Jonah Heim	R	Slider	88.6	0-0	In play, run(s)	Jonah Heim singles on a fly ball to left fielder Josh Lowe. Mauricio Dubón scores.
1	4 Top	Jorge Mateo	R	Four-Seam Fastball	94.4	0-1	Called Strike	Called Strike
2	4 Top	Jorge Mateo	R	Four-Seam Fastball	94.5	1-1	Ball	Ball
3	4 Top	Jorge Mateo	R	Cutter	90.0	1-2	Swinging Strike	Swinging Strike
4	4 Top	Jorge Mateo	R	Splitter	86.0	1-2	Foul	Foul
5	4 Top	Jorge Mateo	R	Four-Seam Fastball	95.0	1-2	Foul	Foul
6	4 Top	Jorge Mateo	R	Splitter	88.1	1-3	Swinging Strike	Jorge Mateo strikes out swinging.
1	4 Top	Ronald Acuña Jr.	R	Four-Seam Fastball	95.6	1-0	Ball	Ball
2	4 Top	Ronald Acuña Jr.	R	Cutter	91.6	1-1	Swinging Strike	Swinging Strike
3	4 Top	Ronald Acuña Jr.	R	Cutter	92.1	1-2	Swinging Strike	Swinging Strike
4	4 Top	Ronald Acuña Jr.	R	Cutter	94.1	2-2	Ball	Ball
5	4 Top	Ronald Acuña Jr.	R	Splitter	88.2	3-2	Ball	Ball
6	4 Top	Ronald Acuña Jr.	R	Cutter	91.0	3-2	Foul	Foul
7	4 Top	Ronald Acuña Jr.	R	Four-Seam Fastball	96.1	3-3	Foul Tip	Ronald Acuña Jr. strikes out on a foul tip.
1	5 Top	Drake Baldwin	L	Four-Seam Fastball	94.2	1-0	Ball	Ball
2	5 Top	Drake Baldwin	L	Splitter	84.7	1-0	In play, out(s)	Drake Baldwin flies out to center fielder Mike Trout.
1	5 Top	Ozzie Albies	R	Curveball	78.3	1-0	Ball	Ball
2	5 Top	Ozzie Albies	R	Splitter	83.9	2-0	Ball	Ball
3	5 Top	Ozzie Albies	R	Cutter	87.8	2-1	Foul	Foul
4	5 Top	Ozzie Albies	R	Cutter	91.6	3-1	Ball	Ball
5	5 Top	Ozzie Albies	R	Slider	84.8	3-2	Foul	Foul
6	5 Top	Ozzie Albies	R	Cutter	90.5	3-3	Swinging Strike	Ozzie Albies strikes out swinging.
1	5 Top	Matt Olson	L	Cutter	90.3	0-1	Called Strike	Called Strike
2	5 Top	Matt Olson	L	Splitter	87.1	1-1	Ball	Ball
3	5 Top	Matt Olson	L	Splitter	86.9	1-2	Swinging Strike	Swinging Strike
4	5 Top	Matt Olson	L	Four-Seam Fastball	95.8	1-3	Called Strike	Matt Olson called out on strikes.

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