The third-year right-hander (Min Chang-ki's Japanese baseball) who called out Darvish 18 years ago with a complete game of one to three wins in the season
May 10, 2025
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KIA Tigers left-hander Yang Hyun-jong pitched a complete game with one run in nine innings against the NC Dinos on July 23 last year. He threw 87 pitches until the eighth inning and pitched in the ninth inning to end the game with eight pitches. It was his 10th complete game since his professional debut in 2007.
It's a complete game again. He has won nine complete innings, which is difficult even once in a season, three times. Nippon Ham Fighters right-hander Shoma Kanemura (24) is the main character. All of the '3 wins' posted this year are '9 perfect innings'.
At Nippon Ham's home ground in Eskonfield, Kitahiroshima, Hokkaido, on Sunday, he pitched in the game against the Rakuten Eagles, and blocked them with seven hits and one run in nine innings, leading them to a 2-1 victory.
In the eighth inning of a 2-0 lead, he overcame the crisis well. The leadoff hitter hit two consecutive hits. He sent out No. 6 Ituki Murabayashi with a right-handed hit and No. 7 Hideto Asamura with a double to left field. He ended the inning with one run on the second and third bases with no outs.
The crisis continued in the ninth inning. He allowed consecutive hits after one out, with runners on second and third bases with one out. One shot could have broken the flow, but I didn't lose my concentration. He took a breather by inducing the next batter to ground out to shortstop.
The second and third bases with two outs. No. 6 Murabayashi's grounder at 2B2S became a bound and went toward third baseman Kiyomiya Kotaro. Kiyomiya ran forward and caught this ball and threw it to first base. I caught the last out count by a hair's breadth.
116 pitches and nine strikeouts. Kanemura laughed in an interview after the game, saying, `I watched the handling of the last hit with anxiety.'
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Kanemura is the opening pitcher of this season. At the end of last year, coach Tsuyoshi Shinjo picked a prospect early on. He lived up to the manager's expectations. On March 28, he played against the Seibu Lions and pitched nine innings of six hits and no runs. He pitched 105 pitches in his first game of the season.
The second victory was also a shutout. On April 20, he pitched nine innings of five hits and no runs against the Orix Buffaloes. It slowed down after this game. On April 27, he gave up five runs in six innings against the Chiba Lotte Marines and won his second loss. He took the mound again 12 days after this game.
He posted all of his 1st to 3rd wins this year. Two of these are shutouts. Japanese media reported that Kanemura summoned Darvish Yu (39, San Diego Padres), a senior member of the team. Kanemura is the first since Darvish recorded one to three complete games in 2007.
He is in his third year of joining as a rookie second-place name in 2023. He has started 21 games for two years since his debut season, but he has no complete pitching. But this season, he will fight hard like a monster. Kanemara found the secret in her strengthened mentality. Until last year, I wanted to leave it to the bullpen, but this year it was different. 위기를 극복하는 힘
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With a one-point victory, Nippon Ham erased the lead with the No. 1 Orix. He is second behind in the winning percentage.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
