6 runs in 5 innings → 9 innings shutout, no-hit pitcher face-off, and Yomiuri ace (Min Chang-ki's Japanese baseball) who recovered his pride in a week
Aug 09, 2024
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Hiroshima Carp right-hander Osehra Diichi (33), who maintains a 0-point ERA. He is the best pitcher in the Central League this season. In particular, he was strong against the Yomiuri Giants, who are competing for the lead with Hiroshima. Before the away game of the Yomiuri Giants held at Tokyo Dome on the 8th, he played in three games and recorded 17 scoreless innings in 17 ⅔. On June 7, he achieved a no-hitter in an interleague home game against the Chiba Lotte Marines. Even after setting the milestone, he continued his strides. From the game against Yakult Swallows on July 13 to the game against the Yokohama BayStars on August 1, he pitched in three games and allowed one run (accredited) in 20 innings.
If the opponent's starting pitcher is this good, he will be intimidated. However, the game held at Tokyo Dome on the 8th was different. The Yomiuri lineup, which had not been able to use the strength of Oh Se-ra's hard pitching until the sixth inning as before, suddenly exploded in the seventh inning. He concentrated five hits and scored five runs. He broke the 0-0 balance and brought down Oh Se-ra, who had been playing well, to the mound.
Starting pitcher Shosei Dogo was at the center of the counterattack. Dogo hit a timely hit to the left in the seventh inning with no outs and the bases loaded. When the opponent's defense error overlapped, all three players homered. 4-0.
Oh Se-ra hit the first pitch. He didn't let go of a 138km/h cut fastball that entered the high course in the middle. Surprisingly, his first hit of this season in 18 at-bats became a counter punch that collapsed the league's best pitcher, Osera.
Oh Se-ra's consecutive scoreless record against Yomiuri was broken in 30 ⅓ innings.
Manager Abe Shinnosuke instructed No. 9 Dogo "You can attack from the first pitch " In other words, it's a winning move.
Dogo was more brilliant on the mound. He gave up only two four outs on five hits and pitched nine shutout innings. He threw 104 pitches until the eighth inning and 14 pitches against four batters in the ninth inning.
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The match against Hanshin Tigers on the 1st. He was sluggish with six runs in five innings, but he regained his pride as an ace in a week. Yomiuri defeated Hiroshima, which had been on a seven-game winning streak, 5-0 in a complete victory. He narrowed his gap with Hiroshima to one game.
It attracted attention as a starting match between pitchers who achieved no-hitter this season. On May 24, Dogo recorded his first no-hitter of the year against Hanshin at Koshien Stadium. It was the first no-hitter in 59 years at Hanshin's home stadium.
On the day Dogo pitched well, Chiba Lotte 'Monster Pitcher'Sasaki Rocky (23) struggled. He started against the Softbank Hawks, allowing three runs in five innings and becoming a losing pitcher. In his second game after returning from injury, he had nine hits, his most in a game.
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There's a real ace.
Reporter Min Chang-ki huelva@sportschosun.com
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