'Monster' There is no Sasaki, but the team is doing better, 8 games '7 wins' and pressure the leader, Chiba Lotte's winning margin is the most in the season '10'
Jul 13, 2024
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They clearly showed their presence in Japan. Ohtaniwa, who shook the Japanese professional baseball league with a pitcher and batter 'Idolryu', led the team to the Japan Series championship. Imanaga topped Yamamoto in strikeouts in both leagues last year. All of them have proved their ability by reaching the top. There was a justification for entering the major leagues.
But Sasaki is different. No season has played full time. He hit the Japanese maximum speed of 165 km/h and achieved the youngest perfect game, but showed problems with durability.
In the first year of joining the team, the club took a full rest for protection. Throwing 129 ⅓ innings in 2022 is the most innings pitched in a season. Last season, he had only 91 innings due to three injuries. The team contribution is lower compared to the name value.
The same is true this year, when we expected our first full-time season. It stopped operating after the Hiroshima Carp match on June 8. He pitched six innings of three hits and one run against Hiroshima. He threw 90 pitches against 23 hitters, striking out nine. He took a good turn following one run in eight innings against Nippon Ham on May 17 and one run in seven innings against the Softbank Hawks on May 24.
However, like last year, the body caused trouble again. After the Hiroshima match, the first-team registration was canceled due to an injury that was not known exactly. He took a break once earlier because of the delay in recovering from fatigue after taking the mound.
It's been five years as a professional, but it still needs to be managed.
As it frequently causes abnormalities in the body and deviates from power, trust is inevitably reduced. More than a month has passed since the last appearance, but there is no future schedule yet. Coach Masato Yoshii and other coaching staff reacted slightly cynically when talking about Sasaki's physical condition
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Ironically, there is no Sasaki, but the team is very good.
As of the 12th, Chiba Lotte is in second place, eight games behind Softbank. The gap with the dominant Softbank widened to 12 games and then narrowed. While Softbank was slowing down, Chiba Lotte narrowed the gap. Orix is third, 5.5 games behind.
Chiba Lotte went undefeated in 15 consecutive games from mid-May to early June. During this period, he won 11 consecutive games (including four draws). After winning consecutive games, it has slowed down, but recently it has been on a good trend again. From the game against Nippon Ham on July 3 to the game against the Orix on July 12, he won seven games (one loss).
The batting line is fierce even though there is no special star. He has scored 52 points in the last eight games. It won the match against Nippon Ham on the 3rd with a score of 9-6, and the Seibu Lions on the 7th with a score of 9-2. On the 10th, he won an 18-5 victory over Rakuten. A team batting average of 256. It is one race away from Softbank, which ranks first overall in both leagues.
On the 12th, three pitchers led the team to a 1-0 victory over Orix. Starting pitcher Kazuya Ojima won three consecutive games with seven scoreless innings.
42 wins, 6 draws and 32 losses, and a winning rate of 568. The margin of victory and defeat became the largest this year '10'. It shows that Chiba Lotte is not Sasaki's team.
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