Defeat, defeat, defeat, defeat, loss, loss, loss, loss, 2021-2023 opening game → 10 consecutive losses without winning this season, and his team humiliated Chiba Lotte for the opening 15 consecutive losses (Min Chang-ki's Japanese baseball)
Aug 28, 2024
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Looks like I'm watching my team Seibu Lions going the worst ever.
Ace, who won double-digit games for three consecutive years from 2021 to 2023, has yet to win one. Right-hander Kona Takahashi (27) of Seibu became a losing pitcher again. He started the away game against the Chiba Lotte Marines at Chiba Marine Stadium on the 27th, allowing two runs in six innings and losing.
The weight of one loss is great.
He has lost 10 consecutive games in 13 games since his first appearance against the Softbank Hawks on April 14. It is said that it is the first time in 64 years that the Pacific League has won 10 consecutive games since the first game of the season. Takahashi is the only pitcher in both leagues to have double-digit losses as of the 27th.
He pitched 69 ⅔ innings this season and had 83 hits, including four homers. He marked a hit rate of 311 Lee and a 4.13 ERA.
This year, Seibu pitchers are unable to win even if they start quality (more than 6 innings, less than 3 earned runs) or pitch scoreless. Seibu's lineup, the weakest team in both leagues, was lethargic again on the day. He had six hits and went scoreless, losing 0-2. He lost two consecutive games.
Takahashi said "My balance improved in the second half of the game, so I was able to throw the ball well." I threw one ball and one ball concentrated. I'll make a winning pitch next time" The scoring support was disappointing.
He joined as a rookie in 2015. Takahashi, in his 10th year as a professional, was a representative pitcher of the team until last year.
He started the opening game for the third consecutive year since 2021. He won 11 games in 2021, 12 in 2022, and 10 in 2023. For the second consecutive year of 2021-2022, he has exceeded 170 innings. Last year, he pitched four complete games, the most in the Pacific League. He had two shutouts, including a shutout with no four outs.
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I got off to a bad start this year. Shoulder pain appeared after bullpen pitching in February in spring camp. It started in the second division for the first time in six years. He made his first appearance against Softbank on April 14, two weeks after the season opened.
The slump continued. After losing eight consecutive games at the end of June, he went down to the second division and reorganized. He returned in August and tried to rebound, but failed. He played in three games and recorded only two losses. Even though he pitched five scoreless innings against the Orix Buffaloes on the 20th, he failed to win.
He defended well without allowing a run until the second inning. He overcame the crisis well in the second inning with one out and runners on first and third bases. He was blocked by Chiba Lotte's central lineup in the third inning. Katsuya Kakunaka, the leadoff hitter, was sent out with a double. He then gave up a walk and rushed to the first and third bases with one out, and was hit by Toshiya Sato, the fifth.
He also failed to cross the opponent's centerline in the fourth inning. After two outs, he got back-to-back hits from second Kakunaka and third Gregory Polanco and gave up additional runs.
Two runs later, he threw well. He stopped two innings in a row in the fifth and sixth innings with three outs. While Takahashi was on the mound, the Seibu lineup had only four scattered hits.
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