Are you going to say 'eat and run' even if it's like this? 6 games batting average of 0.647-season batting average of 0.298 surge, and Yoshida's reversal drama in his second year of ML
Aug 19, 2024
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His position in the team has also narrowed. Due to weak outfield defense, he is mainly playing as a designated hitter. In a game where left-handed pitchers start due to poor batting average against left-handed pitchers, they will be excluded from the starting lineup. This is something I have never experienced in the Orix Buffaloes, who played as the fourth batter. Earlier in the season, Boston pushed for a trade, but there were reports that it failed because the other team did not come forward.
Yoshida, who was treated as an "ugly duckling", came to life. After hitting the floor, he stands up and is looking at a batting average of 300.
The game against the Baltimore Orioles was held at Alliol Park in Baltimore, Maryland on the 19th (Korea time). No. 6-Played as a designated hitter, had two hits, walked one and recorded three runs.
His first at-bat after two outs in the second inning. He hit left-handed against Baltimore starter Albert Suarez. I hit a fastball around 153km/h on the 2B1S. It's Suarez from Venezuela who played for the Samsung Lions. Yoshida went 1 for 2 in the 2021 regular league when Suarez played for Yakult Swallows and went 1 for 1 in the Japan Series that year.
He retired with a fly ball to right field in the fourth inning and hit an infield hit to third base in the sixth inning. 2 for 3 against Suarez. The last at-bat in the eighth inning was on base with a walk. 2 for 3 from 4 at-bats. He raised his batting average for the season to 298 (79 hits in 265 at-bats). He has eight homers and 43 RBIs.
Boston lost 2-4 even after 11 hits. Suarez became the winning pitcher with seven hits and no runs in six innings.
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He had hits in six consecutive games since the game against the Texas Rangers on the 14th. He went 11 for 17 with a batting average of 647-4 RBIs during this period. He had three hits twice and had three multi-hitters. In August, he played in 17 games and batted .352 with three home runs and 10 RBIs.
Yoshida, who was Orix's No. 4 hitter, entered Major Leagues through the posting system after the end of the 2022 season. Signed Boston for five years - $85 million. He played as the fourth batter in the opening game and adjusted smoothly. He played in 140 games with a batting average of 289-155 hits, 15 home runs, 72 RBIs, and an OPS (on-base plus slugging) of 0.783 (on-base plus slugging).
Yoshida posted a batting average of .300 for the fifth consecutive year when he was an Orix player. He had a career-high 327-133 home runs in seven seasons.
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