Roki Sasaki of Japan Baseball’s Chiba Lotte Marines touched the 160-kilometer mark for the first time this season, but took the loss.
Sasaki threw 105 pitches over seven innings, allowing three runs (two earned) on five hits and four walks with two strikeouts and two walks in his start against the SOFTBANK Hawks at Jojo Marine Stadium in Japan on March 23.
His fastball touched 161 mph, but he turned the ball over to the bullpen in the eighth inning, trailing 2-3. Sasaki suffered his first loss of the season as Chiba Lotte fell to 2-4. She improved to 2-1 with a 2.08 ERA in four starts.
Sasaki retired table-setters Kawamura and Imamiya on consecutive swinging strikes in the first inning. Yanakita got off to a clean start with a grounder to first base and an 11-pitch count. 안전놀이터 He struck out the side in the second and gave up a single to Makihara with two outs in the third. He threw 32 pitches through three innings.
However, he gave up three hits in the fourth inning.
Imamia singled to right and Yanakita singled to left to put runners on first and second with no outs. He got Yamakawa to fly out to left field to put runners at first and third.
Kondo singled to left to score the first run. With runners on first and second, Nakamura grounded out to first baseman Ueda, who threw to second, but the throw deflected off the helmet of the runner running to second. The runner from second stole third and scored, setting up a one-out, one-out, three-run crisis.
Sasaki caught Kurihara’s squeeze bunt and quickly threw home, tagging out the runner at third to prevent further damage. A fly ball to center field with runners on first and second ended the inning.
After a scoreless fifth and sixth, Sasaki gave up a single to right to Makihara in the top of the seventh and stole second. He gave up a two-run double to left to Kawamura.
Sasaki threw a 160 mph fastball against Kai in the top of the third inning. It was his first 160 mph fastball of the season. 온라인카지노사이트 He followed that up with a 161 mph fastball in the fourth inning against Kurihara, his highest pitch of the day. In the previous three games, Sasaki’s fastball had been in the low 150s.