He hit a timely three-run sweep with the bases loaded so as not to look down on Japanese baseball, but the manager hit a foreign batter's walk and baserunning

Aug 30, 2025

He hit a timely three-run sweep with the bases loaded so as not to look down on Japanese baseball, but the manager hit a foreign batter's walk and baserunning
Yomiuri outfielder Cavidge played in the major leagues until last year. He hit 14 home runs in his first year in the Japanese professional baseball league, ranking No. 1 in home runs in the team. Photo capture =Miuri Giants SNS



He hit a timely three-run sweep with the bases loaded so as not to look down on Japanese baseball, but the manager hit a foreign batter's walk and baserunning
Cabbage hit a three-run sweep double with the bases loaded with one out in the sixth inning against Hanshin on the 29th. Photo capture =Miuri Giants SNS
batting average of 0.251-14 home runs-47 RBIs.

This is the result of outfielder Trey Cavage (27), the Yomiuri Giants' outfielder, in 99 games this season. In terms of foreign players in the KBO League, it is a failing score. He may have been kicked out after not passing the first half of the year. Cavage went to 19 games in June and hit a batting average of 0.129 without a home run. It was only 0.225 last July. Around the same time, Hanwha Eagles outfielder Esteban Floral left the team after playing 65 games. He hit 0.271-9 homers with 29 RBIs and was replaced immediately after the All-Star break.

However, simple comparisons based on records are absurd. The difference in the level of professional baseball between Korea and Japan should be taken into account. The Japanese professional baseball league is an extreme 'go-taser' league in which pitchers overwhelm batters. The Central League does not have a .300 hitter. There is only one batter who has exceeded 20 home runs. Ahead of September, there are four starting pitchers with an ERA of one point. Eight of the 12 teams in both leagues maintain a two-point ERA.




As of the 29th, Cavidge is the No. 1 home run-run player in the team. This is because No. 4 hitter Kazuma Okamoto has been away for a long time due to injury. Okamoto, who won the home run title three times, played only 44 games. He has a batting average of 0.300-11 homers and 31 RBIs. Twenty home runs for eight consecutive years seem realistically difficult.

The Hanshin Tigers match was held at Koshien Stadium on the 29th. Yomiuri won 4-3 on the first day of the three away games. He drew the flow by scoring three points in the top of the sixth inning when the score was tied 1-1. With the bases loaded with one out, No. 6-left fielder Cavage hit a superior sweep double.
He hit a timely three-run sweep with the bases loaded so as not to look down on Japanese baseball, but the manager hit a foreign batter's walk and baserunning
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I did.

Shortly after Cavage hit a three-run double, manager Abe Shinnosuke Yomiuri's face hardened. Cavidge's hit hit the top of the fence in the middle of Koshien Stadium and fell to the ground. In the meantime, three runners came into the groove. But the batter stopped at second base. Caviar with good power is a fast hitter. In 2023, he achieved '30 (homer)-30 (stealing)' in Triple-A in the minor league.




Cavage seemed to think it was a home run as he watched the outfielder fly away. I didn't play with all my might right after the hit. There is room for it to be seen as a complacent base run.

Coach Abe, who could not tolerate a play that was out of line, criticized Cavage for hitting the winning shot. "It would have been a waste to not have a home run, but I should have made the play that I should have made."," he lambasted. Of course, it is pointed out that he should have gone to third base. Go one step further "You shouldn't look at Japanese baseball easily. If you don't play in detail, it's hard to succeed in Japan" urged reflection. It would have been a difficult scene to tolerate in Japanese baseball, which values basic play.

Yomiuri failed to score an additional point after succeeding in a 4-1 upset. No. 7 Snaga and Richard hit a ground ball to shortstop with one out and second base, and No. 8 Wakabayashi Kakuto hit a ground ball to third base
He hit a timely three-run sweep with the bases loaded so as not to look down on Japanese baseball, but the manager hit a foreign batter's walk and baserunning
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He's out. If Cavidge had run to third base, he could have hit home when Richard grounded out to shortstop. The game was decided by one point, so one base run play was important.

The batting is good. Cavidge has had hits in the last six games. Amid rumors that Okamoto will advance to the Major League, there are talks about renewing his contract. This year, there are only two double-digit home run hitters in the team, Cavage and Okamoto.

Cavidge played in 67 major league games for the Los Angeles Angels in 2023 and the Houston Astros in 2024 with 29 hits, two homers and 15 RBIs. He decided to go to Japan on the condition of receiving an annual salary of 200 million yen.

Yomiuri lost two runs and was chased by one point in the bottom of the eighth inning. Set-up man Daisei Ota gave up consecutive home runs to Hanshin No. 3 to No. 4 Shota Morishita and No. 4 Teruaki Sato after one loss. 4-3.

Closer Rydell Martinez took the mound for the first time in 12 games and beat three batters with 10 pitches in the ninth inning. Cavage gave victory to a team that had been losing four games in a row. 요미우리
He hit a timely three-run sweep with the bases loaded so as not to look down on Japanese baseball, but the manager hit a foreign batter's walk and baserunning
Yomiuri closer Martinez took the mound in the ninth inning against Hanshin on the 29th and secured a 4-3 one-run victory. Photo capture =Miuri Giants SNS
is in second place, 14 games behind Hanshin. He maintained a 2.5 game gap with the third-place Yokohama BayStars.





This article was translated by Naver AI translator.