Участник:After 23 consecutive quality starts, nine shutout innings, one earned run in eight innings

The two left-handers, Shota Imana (31) and Katsuki Azuma (29), together with Trevor Bauer (33), led the starting lineup of the Yokohama BayStars last year. Imana struck out 174 to rank No. 1 in strikeouts in both leagues. Having started 24 games, Azuma won 16 games (four losses) and won two titles in multiple wins and winning percentage (0.842). Bauer, a right-hander who won the Major League Cy Young Award, pitched 130 ⅔ innings in 19 games. He was 10-4 with a 2.76 ERA before being sidelined by an injury in the second half of the season.

Of these three, Azuma is the only member of Yokohama to take the mound this season.

Imana took the opportunity to challenge the Major League through the posting system last winter. She signed a four-year contract with the Chicago Cubs for $53 million. She shook the Major League with her amazing pitching at the beginning of the season. She was even mentioned as a candidate for the Cy Young Award as well as the Rookie of the Year.

Bauer, who longed to return to the Major League, couldn't get rid of the controversy over sexual assault. Major League teams are coldly turning a blind eye and throwing it in the Mexican league. I'm waiting for a Major League call, but it doesn't seem easy.

In the game against the New York Mets at Wrigley Field in Chicago on Tuesday (Korea time), Imana took the mound in his 14th game and gave up 10 runs. During the three innings, he had 11 hits, including three homers, and allowed 10 runs. He had three consecutive hits from the leadoff hitter in the fourth inning. He failed to get an out count and was replaced. This is the first time that he failed to meet the fourth inning. He was also sluggish in the games against the Philadelphia Phillies on May 30 and the Chicago White Sox on June 5, but he pitched in the middle of the fifth inning. From his debut game to nine games, he had an ERA of 0 points, which soared to 2.96. He had seven consecutive wins before losing two games in a row.

On the 22nd, when Imanaga was hit hard, Azuma pitched well in an away game against the Hanshin Tigers. He allowed five hits and two runs (one earned run) in eight innings, and earned a win at Koshien Stadium for the first time in six years. He struck out six without four outs. "I tried to concentrate until the end because it was raining and the mound was in bad condition. I am glad that I won in Koshien, the holy city of baseball," he said in an interview after the game.

He will continue to run relentlessly this year. He has won six consecutive games (average earned run of 2.01) without any loss in 13 games from the opening game. It is his sixth consecutive win in the season as a Yokohama pitcher for the first time in 25 years. When looking at left-handed pitchers alone, his sixth consecutive win in the season has occurred in 49 years.

Azuma started the opener against Hiroshima Carp on March 29 and allowed three runs in seven innings. He failed to secure a win, but laid the foundation for a 4-3 victory. On June 15, Azuma shut out the Seibu Lions in nine innings with 116 shutouts in an interleague game

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Even though he has the highest ball power, he cannot be recognized as a mainstay pitcher if his performance is jagged or if he is injured frequently. His physique is 1m70-80kg. Azuma is definitely the best resource for calculations. He has a steady, solid and stable performance for a long time.

He finished all 13 games of this season with quality start (more than six innings as a starter and less than three earned runs). He posted the highest quality start in both leagues. He also posted 23 consecutive quality starts since the match against Hanshin on Aug. 4 last year.

In the bottom of the second inning, the first batter Yusuke Oyama hit a one-run homer. With a ball count of 1B2S, a changeup came to the center. 0-1. At the top of the third inning, foreign hitter Tyler Austin hit a three-run homer, easing Azuma's shoulders.

He allowed an additional run in the bottom of the fourth inning when his team was leading 3-1. With no outs and runners at first and third base, Hanshin No. 4 Ohyama hit a timely hit to the left. He was hit by a changeup that went into the middle of the full count. This happened after Noji, who was sheltering at No. 3, got on base due to an error by the first baseman.

Azuma broke through the crisis with no outs and runners on the first and second bases. He grounded out No. 5 Watanabe and guided No. 6 Hiroshi Toyoda to a 4-6-3 double play.

After that, he shut down four innings with two hits and no runs in the fifth and eighth innings. The Yokohama batters scored one run each by hitting three hits in the sixth and seventh innings. The team won the game 5-2. The previous day, he had eight hits and suffered a 0-1 loss, but scored five runs on 10 hits.스포츠토토사이트

Yokohama, which finished its Interleague with seven consecutive wins, had one win and one loss in two resumed league matches last week. It is third in the Central League, a half-game behind second-ranked Hanshin Tigers. It is three games behind Hiroshima, the top-ranked team.

When Imanaga falters in the major leagues, Azuma continues to play consistently