ERA 1.07 → 0.96 → 0.87 → 0.80, 35 consecutive scoreless innings including no hit and no run for a month, how can a pitcher who underwent elbow surgery last winter be like this

Jun 30, 2024

Hiroshima right-hander Oh Se-ra treats the .300 batter's floor with a double play in the sixth inning against the Yomiuri Giants on the 29th and cheers. Osera pitched 6.1 scoreless innings against Yomiuri, but the bullpen allowed a tie and failed to win. Photo capture = Hiroshima Carp SNS

Ossera is an undefeated pitcher these days. After giving up the score in the first inning against Softbank on May 31, he recorded 35.1 scoreless innings until June 29 against Yomiuri. During this period, he even achieved his first no-hitter. Photo capture = Hiroshima Carp SNS

1.48→1.27→1.07→0.96→0.87→0.80.

Every time he takes the mound, his ERA goes down. On June 14, he pitched seven scoreless innings against the Rakuten Eagles and entered the scoreline '0' and continued his scoreless game thereafter. No matter how strong 'throwing hitter's season is, it is a phenomenal performance at the end of the first half of the season, with four wins and no losses and a 0.80 ERA while throwing 79 innings in 12 games this season. Hiroshima Carp's 11th-year right-hander Daichi Ossera (33) is the main character.

An away game against the Yomiuri Giants at Tokyo Dome on the 29th. Osehra has not won the Tokyo Dome for the past six years. Since April 2018, he has been on the mound eight times at the Tokyo Dome, and has won three consecutive games.

Gyeonggi Province also did not have any luck on this day. He recorded six scoreless innings and was replaced with a 1-0 lead. The victory was won when it was tied in the bottom of the eighth inning. Hiroshima won 2-1 in the top of the ninth inning when Kikuchi Ryosuke hit a one-run home run. Although he failed to take the victory, Oh Se-ra laid the foundation for the team's victory.

He got his first hit after two outs in the bottom of the fourth inning. Yomiuri No. 3 Eliar Hernandez hit a double to left field. For the first time, the runner was in the scoring position. Then, he caught No. 4 Kazuma Okamoto with a fly ball to shortstop and finished the inning. After one out in the bottom of the sixth inning, he gave up a heavy hit to opponent starter No. 9 Foster Griffin. This time, Yomiuri's only .300 batter, Yoshihiro Maru, was induced to ground out to shortstop, leading to a double play.

He was on the verge of losing a point in the bottom of the seventh inning.

The leadoff hitter Naoki Yoshikawa was hit to the right, and Okamoto was sent out to the fourth with a double. The Hiroshima bench moved with runners on the second and third bases with one out. Oshiro Oshiro lowered Oshira at Takumi's at-bat and put Atsuya on the left-hander Horie. Horie handled Osiro with a ground ball to the first base, followed by two outs and second and third bases without losing a point. Daisuke Moriura, who took the mound, struck out Yukinori Kishida on the 6th with 3 pitches.

He allowed four hits, one walk and three strikeouts in six ⅓ innings.

Ossera had surgery on her right elbow last winter. It has slowed down over the past two years, but it has been undefeated in 12 appearances this season. He ranks first in both leagues with an ERA of 0.80. Photo capture = Hiroshima Carp SNS

Oschera, who achieved a no-hitter against Chiba Lotte on June 7. He pitched nine innings, giving up only five four outs and achieving a milestone. Hiroshima became the fifth player to achieve the feat. Photo capture = Hiroshima Carp SNS

Hiroshima gave up a walk-off home run to Maru in the bottom of the 10th inning of extra time on the previous day (28th) and lost 2-3. The very next day, the home run brought a one-run victory. He allowed a 1-1 tie in the bottom of the eighth inning and was on the verge of loading the bases with two outs, and Sotaro Shimouchi handled Okamoto with a ground ball to shortstop to put out the fire. In an interview after the game, Osera said "I took care of stopping the floor where I hit a walk-off home run the day before. I'm not the type to strike out. Thanks to the team's protection, we were able to continue the scoreless game.

Maru had four hits on the 28th. He has maintained a scary batting sense of 11 hits in the last five games. Oh Se-ra faced Maru three times on the same day and handled all of them with a mistake.

The pitcher, who underwent surgery on his right elbow last winter, continues his near-perfect pitching. On June 7, Ohsera made a no-hitter against the Chiba Lotte Marines. I set a meaningful milestone in my 11th year as a professional. He threw 129 pitches until the ninth inning, giving up four and four pitches.

Since then, he has played three consecutive scoreless games. It blocked the game against Rakuten on June 14 and the Chunichi Dragons on the 22nd with seven scoreless innings in a row. After allowing one run (non-earned) in the first inning against the Softbank Hawks on May 31, he recorded 35 consecutive scoreless innings in 35 ⅓. He has a four-game ERA of '0' as a starter in June.

Hiroshima gave up a walk-off home run in the bottom of the 10th inning of overtime against the Yomiuri Giants on the 28th and lost 2-3. In the game on the 29th, Kikuchi hit a one-run home run in the ninth inning to win by a score of 2 to 11. He is in first place, 2.5 games ahead of Hanshin. Photo capture = Hiroshima Carp SNS

As of the 29th, he is the No. 1 overall ERA. He is the only pitcher of the 12 teams in both leagues who pitched the regular innings with an ERA of '0'.

Hiroshima is in first place, three games ahead of the second-place Yokohama BayStars.

This article was translated by Naver AI translator.