Ryu Hyun-jin (37-Korea Eagles), who became the first Asian pitcher to win the major league ERA title, also narrowly missed the one-run mark. Japanese left-hander Shota Imanaga (31-Chicago Cubs), who has been dominating the major leagues this season, is also in danger of breaking his sub-one ERA, which he has held for more than two months.
Imanaga was rocked in his last start against the Chicago White Sox on April 5, allowing five runs (one earned) on seven hits (one home run) in 4 1/3 innings with six strikeouts and no walks. It was the second straight game he failed to make it past the fifth inning, following a start against the Milwaukee Brewers on March 30. His ERA spiked from 0.84 to 1.86 with his first career loss, when he allowed seven runs on eight hits (two homers) with one walk and seven strikeouts in 4 1/3 innings at Milwaukee, and it climbed to 1.88 with today’s outing. He led the league in that category until August 28, but has now dropped to fourth.
Against the league-worst White Sox, Imanaga held them scoreless through three innings before giving up a five-run fourth inning. 카지노사이트 After giving up back-to-back singles to Andrew Vaughn and Luis Robert Jr. It would have been a game-tying hit, but third baseman Crispus Morel made a backhanded catch and missed. The ball hit Morel’s glove and went out of the third base dugout.
A safety advance put runners on second and third with one out.
Gavin Sheets fouled out to the catcher, but Corey Lee hit a two-run double off the left-field fence. He got Danny Mendick to ground out to first, but gave up a two-run homer to left to Lenin Sosa. The four-pitch splitter didn’t drop and sailed up the middle for a long ball.
In the fifth, the game was rained out with runners on first and second after Corey Jenks doubled to left, and Imanaga finished with 69 pitches. The defensive miscue resulted in one of the five runs being earned, keeping his ERA under 1.00, but the dominance he had shown through mid-May with a 0.00 ERA was gone.
Imanaga, who broke into the majors with a post last winter, drew interest from seven teams before signing with the Cubs for four years and $53 million. 파워볼실시간 He was named the National League (NL) Rookie of the Month for April after going 4-0 with a 0.98 ERA in five games (27⅔ innings). He was 5-0 with a career-low 0.84 ERA through his first nine starts last month.
However, Imanaga’s recent two-game losing streak has led to his first crisis.
According to local media, including Sports Nippon, Imanaga said after the game, “I felt pressured and overwhelmed by my opponent,” and added, “I think there was a lot of luck involved in the way I’ve been pitching. I think this is the time when I will really be tested. I will continue to believe in myself.”
Imanaga also said earlier last month, “The records I have now are much better than I ever imagined. I wish I could do this all year, but I can’t keep performing like this in the major leagues. There’s less data about me right now. I want to try to overcome it when a higher level opponent comes along,” but the crunch finally came.
He’s not an overpowering relief pitcher, so the decline was expected. Now that he has the analytical data to back it up, his pitches and repertoire are starting to become more familiar to hitters. His fastball (56.9%) and splitter (32.8%) make him a true two-pitch pitcher. Now that hitters are starting to respond to the unfamiliar lefty splitter, Imanaga needs to change things up.
Imanaga’s pace,
Which has seen him maintain a sub-one ERA in his first 11 games (62⅓ innings), is reminiscent of the majesty of Ryu Hyun-jin five years ago. On Aug. 18 of that year, Ryu, then a member of the Los Angeles Dodgers, pitched 148⅓ innings over 23 games and maintained a sub-one ERA (1.64).
However, three consecutive poor outings against the New York Yankees on Aug. 24 (7 runs in 4⅓ innings), the Arizona Diamondbacks on Aug. 30 (7 runs in 4⅔ innings), and the Colorado Rockies on Sept. 5 (3 runs in 4⅓ innings) broke that streak. He pitched seven innings in each of the final three games to finish with a total of 21 innings pitched and three earned runs, maintaining his NL lead in ERA (2.32), but his dream of a sub-one record was dashed. 실시간 바카라사이트 Still, it’s remarkable that he maintained a sub-one ERA for more than four months after opening day. Imanaga’s ability to come so close to breaking the sub-one mark two months after the start of the season is a testament to how amazing he was.