Yankees Tanaka wins a good pitch in the first match of the series, wins the pitcher on October 13 at 14:29
The first round of the major league and playoff American League championship series was held, and the Yankees pitched the Astros 7-0, with the first pitcher Masahiro Tanaka making a good 6th goal.
The Yankees won the Twins three times in the playoff district series and advanced to the league championship series. On the 12th, they played the first match with Astros in their opponent's hometown of Houston.
The Yankees started pitching Tanaka with a defense rate of 1 in the start of six games in the playoffs, and became a match with Zach Grainky, who won the Sai Young Award.
Pitcher Tanaka assembled the changing ball from the beginning and carefully struck the course, and decided to retire three times each.
After the middle stage, the team was further tuned, and the 4th of the 1-point lead was split from the No. 1 Springer player and the slider from the No. 3 Altoube player. It was.
Tanaka pitched six times, with just one hit hit with a good score, and the team won the Astros 7-0.
Tanaka was the winning pitcher, and his playoffs totaled 5 wins and 2 losses.
In the league championship decision series, the team that won four first will advance to the world series, and the second game will be held on the 14th of Japan time.
Pitcher Tanaka “Coldly and firmly thrown”
Yankees Masahiro Tanaka, the pitcher who managed to beat Astro's powerful batting line with one hitless goal, said, “I was able to survive with the help of my teammates. I think I was able to calmly throw one ball at a time with my intentions.Now I think that the team is playing good baseball, so I want to adjust myself and prepare for the next mound. "