I don't want to blame something. A come-from-behind three-run home run through two outs in the ninth inning…31 consecutive scoreless games → humiliation of losing two consecutive games

Jul 10, 2025

I don't want to blame something. A come-from-behind three-run home run through two outs in the ninth inning…31 consecutive scoreless games → humiliation of losing two consecutive games
Yomiuri closer Martinez has lost the last two games in a row after recording 31 consecutive scoreless games since the opening. Photo capture =Miuri Giants SNS



I don't want to blame something. A come-from-behind three-run home run through two outs in the ninth inning…31 consecutive scoreless games → humiliation of losing two consecutive games
Martinez had a walk-off run in the ninth inning against Hanshin on the 3rd. The scoreless record of 31 games has been over. Photo capture =Miuri Giants SNS
Leading 2-0 in the top of the ninth. If you get three out-counts, you win. The best finisher in the league appeared. He caught the first batter with a fly ball. He dominated the batter with two pitches: a fastball of 152 km per hour and a slider of 136 km per hour. It seemed to go smoothly, but it didn't go my way. After one out, he gave up consecutive hits and even threw wild pitches. Two outs later, he hit a come-from-behind three-run home run.

Rydell Martinez (29), a Cuban special finishing pitcher, collapsed in vain again. It poured cold water on the Yomiuri Giants, who were confident of winning two consecutive games against the Chunichi Dragons. A hole was drilled in the back door of the iron wall that Yomiuri boasted.

With runners on the second and third bases with one out, Chunichi No. 3 Seiji Uebayashi struck out swinging. He drew back-to-back swings and misses with a fastball in 1S. a three-pitch strikeout.




With one out count left, he had a breathtaking match with No. 4 Seiya Hosokawa. The seventh pitch splitter from the full count drove into the middle of the strike zone. Hosokawa hit the ball to make it a three-run home run over the left. It was literally a home run of 'Chubby'. Martinez was replaced without finishing the inning. The second humiliation of the season.

The match was held as a home game for Yomiuri in Fukushima, not Tokyo Dome. There were ups and downs in which the game was suspended twice due to rain. Yomiuri left-hander Haruto Inoue missed the victory even after pitching six scoreless innings in ⅓.

Yomiuri attempted a counterattack in the bottom of the ninth. After two outs, the second-to-four center batters created a bases-loaded chance with three consecutive hits. But no decisive shot came out. 5번 이즈
I don't want to blame something. A come-from-behind three-run home run through two outs in the ninth inning…31 consecutive scoreless games → humiliation of losing two consecutive games
Chunichi No. 4 Hosokawa hits a come-from-behind three-run home run in the top of the ninth inning against Yomiuri on the 9th. Photo capture = Chunichi Dragons SNS
Gooch Utah was out with a fly ball to left field. The finishing win at the bottom of the ninth inning was canceled for the second consecutive game. In the previous day's game (8th), Yoshihiro Maru hit a come-from-behind two-run finishing triple in the bottom of the ninth inning to win 5-4.

Chunichi is Martinez's former team for seven years until last year. I changed into a Yomiuri uniform last winter. He signed a four-year contract worth 4.8 billion yen, the highest annual salary in the Japanese professional baseball league. It has been 798 days since the match against Hanshin Tigers on May 3, 2023, when Martinez failed in a save situation.

Martinez has not lost a point in 31 consecutive games since the opening for his new team. He set a tie for the Central League. The combination of the strongest backdoor '8th inning Daisei Ota-9th inning Martinez' built by Yomiuri raged.

On the 3rd, Hanshin and Koshien's consecutive scoreless away games were suspended. He took the mound in the bottom of the ninth inning when the score was 2-2, giving up a finishing sacrifice. He failed to overcome the full base crisis with no outs and no outs due to defensive errors and intentional four pitches. It happened in the 32nd game of the season.




Martinez continued to pitch after being hit in the left knee by Hanshin Oyama's ball at the time. Perhaps due to this influence, he took the mound in six days against Chunichi. 그는 경
I don't want to blame something. A come-from-behind three-run home run through two outs in the ninth inning…31 consecutive scoreless games → humiliation of losing two consecutive games
Chunichi's main gun Hosokawa drove his former teammate Martinez to a two-game losing streak with a three-run home run. Photo capture = Chunichi Dragons SNS
In a climate interview, when asked if the condition of the knee affected him, "We prepared according to our usual routine. I don't want to blame something.'

One win, two losses, 26 saves and two holds in 33 games. The ERA, which was '0' until 31 games, soared to '1.15'.





This article was translated by Naver AI translator.