7, there was always going to be some time getting the bat back to speed and if it has arrived, the timing couldn’t be better. Bichette endured a pair of visits to the injured list to nurse his right knee back to health, a setback that cost him 25 games. If that feels like an eternity, the excuses are valid.
His home run on Tuesday, a two-run shot in the fifth, was Bichette’s 19th of the season, but first since Aug.