A day after Yu Darvish pitched his final game of the year for the Chicago Cubs, his first pro manager on Saturday called it the right-hander's best performance in the majors.
Darvish allowed two runs on five hits and a walk, while striking out six over 6⅔ innings, but that was not enough to keep the Cubs in the postseason as they were knocked out at home in a 2-0 loss to the Miami Marlins.
On the other side of the field, Marlins infield coach Trey Hillman, who managed Darvish in Japan for three years starting from his 2005 rookie season, had a birds-eye view of his former protege.