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DeNA defeated Hanshin and took the sole lead in the fourth game of the season. New foreigner right-handed pitcher Andre Jackson (27), making his first start in Japan, pitched 6 innings of 87 pitches, allowing 4 hits, 5 strikeouts, 3 walks, and 1 run, and his fastest pitch was 158 km/h and his first win. The batting lineup also supported the new assistant with 12 hits, including 4 points suddenly taken away from Murakami, who had never scored in the first inning last season.
“Hama’s Andre,” who is 1.90 meters tall, used a sharp fastball in the 150 kg range, mixed with a knuckle curve and a sharp slider, to overwhelm the Hanshin batting lineup of last season’s Central League champions.
The first time I received 4 points of support. Suddenly, Chikamoto, the leadoff hitter, was allowed a triple, and the second pitch, Nakano, had his second changeup bounced back by Nakamae, resulting in a loss of one point, but he did not panic. He pitched a fastball of 158km on the third pitch to No. 3, Morishita, to keep the number of runs to a minimum in this inning, and pitched well in the 2nd and 4th innings, giving up only 1 run after pitching 4 innings. In the end, he pitched 6 innings of 87 pitches, allowing only one run, and handed the mound to Ise, the second batter.
The batting line won the Central League Rookie of the Year and season MVP last season, and suddenly scored four points from the “man with zero first innings” who never conceded a run in the first inning last season.
Watarai, the first inning, got on base with a walk, and after No. 2 Austin fell to the center of the field, Sano hit a flop to the right field. With one out and a chance to play on first and third base, it looked like No. 4 Maki was grounded out to third base, but third baseman Teru Sato fumbled. During that time, Watarai, a third-runner, stepped on the home plate for the lead. As chances continued to arise with one out and runners on first and second base, Miyazaki hit a batter to the right field to load the bases. No. 6 Sekine fell to the ground, but No. 7 Yamamoto, who was wearing a mask as the starting pitcher, held on for eight pitches before perfectly catching a 152km outside fastball. The ball hit right center in half. He succeeded in scoring four points in this inning with a triple that wiped out all runners.
In the third inning, with one out and the bases loaded, Ishigami grounded out, but Maki survived by sliding. The out call was overturned after reviewing replays, resulting in his fifth goal. Maki, who was watching from the bench, jumped up and gave a fist pump the moment the goal was recognized. Director Miura also cheered and patted him with joy.
The relief team was not very active, with Ise, the second pitcher, giving up one run and Wendelken, who pitched in the 8th inning, giving up 1 run, but in the 9th inning with the score 5-3, Yamazaki, who was pitching for the first time this season, got one out. Noisy allowed consecutive hits to pinch hitter Maekawa, but he maintained the lead.
Rookie Dokai, who is expected to be ranked No. 1 in the draft, walked 2 times and had 1 hit and 1 run in 3 at-bats.
▼Jackson: The Hanshin batting lineup is very strong, so I’m glad we were able to win. It was very exciting. The best Baystars! thank you.
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2024-04-02 12:20:00
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