KKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKSaki 8 scoreless innings, 112 perfect pitches on the first day of fall baseball
Oct 12, 2024
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He met 100% of the expectations of coach Masato Yoshii, who was selected as the starter in the first round. Director Yoshii said on the previous day, "I want Sasaki to play a role with responsibility." In fact, he took over the role of the first starter.
Sasaki, who achieved the youngest perfect game at the age of 21 in 2022, did not show a special performance worthy of his name. Every year, he was out of the team due to injuries and never finished the regular innings. This year, in his fifth year as a member of the team, he was out of injury, but he won 10 games for the first time. On the 1st, he won his 10th victory of the season with a complete game of one run in nine innings against the Rakuten Eagles.
He took 10 days off after this game and competed in the first leg of the first stage. He has lost only two games in five appearances against Nippon Ham in the regular season this season, setting his pride in important games.
I was shaken because I couldn't control my ball in the bottom of the first inning. He walked leadoff hitter Daiki Asama and No. 2 Kiyomia Kotaro in a row. In the sixth pitch against Asama at the full count, the 158km/h fastball flowed outside. He stopped Asama's steal and struck out No. 3 Franmil Reyes with a swing and miss, taking a breather. Then, he caught Yuya Kenji, the fourth, with a ground ball to the third base to end the inning.
In the fourth and fifth innings, he was hit by a leadoff hitter in a row. No. 3 Reyes hit right in the fourth inning, and No. 6 in the fifth inning, Mi Joo-sei hit an infield hit. 사사키는 후속 타자
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In the top of the fifth inning with 0-0, Chiba Lotte's batting line broke out. Leading hitter Shogo Nakamura hit a one-run home run to the left to break the balance. Nippon Ham left-hander Takayuki Kato threw a 137km/h fastball toward the center. No. 8 Atsuki Tomoski then hit a double to left field, but failed to lead to an additional score.
With a 1-0 lead in the top of the seventh inning, he scored an extra point with a home run. No. 5 Gregory Polanco scored a point. He went out as the leadoff hitter and rolled up a cut fastball thrown by Kato and sent it over the fence in the middle of Econfield. 2-0.
Sasaki, who finished the bottom of the sixth inning with three outs, hit the leadoff hitter in the bottom of the seventh inning. Reyes got his second hit. He then put the center hitter 4-6 to rest with a ground ball and strikeout. 94 pitches until the seventh inning.
Sasaki recorded three scoreless innings in Game 1 of the First Stage against the Softbank Hawks last year. He threw 41 pitches as a starter and was replaced. 당시엔 부상에서
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