Lotte's new foreigner had more balls than the referee's S-zone → Three walks, three strikeouts, and one loss.

Feb 23, 2025

Lotte's new foreigner had more balls than the referee's S-zone → Three walks, three strikeouts, and one loss.
Lotte Tucker Davidson. Photo courtesy =Lotte Giants



[Miyazaki (Japan) = Sports Chosun Reporter Han Dong-hoon] Lotte Giants' new foreign pitcher Tucker Davidson has taken off his veil. Davison is a player who drew attention with his career as a member of the Atlanta Braves' Major League World Series championship in 2021.

Davison started a practice game against the Seibu Lions at Nango Stadium in Miyazaki, Japan, on the 23rd. In two innings, he gave up three walks and allowed one run. He didn't get any hits and struck out three. Although the control was not too shaken, the number of pitches increased slightly off the strike zone. It was organized by a Japanese referee because it was a home game in Seibu.

Lotte manager Kim Tae-hyung said Davison's pitch was the point to watch ahead of the game. Manager Kim Tae-hyung said "We have a new pitcher. It is most important to see Davison."




Davison walked leadoff hitter Shinya in the first inning. He even gave up a steal. He took a sigh by striking out Ryosuke, the second batter. Shinya even stole third base. Davidson induced Nevin, the third batter, to ground out to shortstop, but failed to stop Shinya's score. Cedeno, the fourth batter, grounded out to second base to end the inning.

Davison took the lead in the second inning when Lotte batters scored three runs in the top of the second inning.

Davison struck out Leon, the first batter, in the bottom of the second inning. Takayoshi, the next batter, was walked again to get on base. Subsequent Montel hit a fly ball to right field. He gave Shouya a walk again after two outs, but struck out Keisuke.




From the third inning, Han Hyun-hee took over the mound.

Davison threw a total of 43 pitches. There were 21 strikes and 22 balls.

The maximum fastball speed was 148 kilometers. Davison threw 19 fastballs, 11 sliders, seven forkballs, and three sweepers and curves each.






This article was translated by Naver AI translator.