Major League Tanaka wins the pitcher Yankees consecutive win October 6th 11:01
Major pitcher Masataka Tanaka of the major league starts on the 5th with the American League Playoff District Series Twins, and will play a major role in the playoff stage, with five runs reduced to one goal. It was.
The Playoff District Series is a short-term decisive battle where the team that previously won 3 wins will move to the league championship series. The Yankees will win the Twins in the first round on the 4th and the 2nd round will be held at the Yankee Stadium in New York on the 5th. It was.
Pitcher Tanaka in the sixth year of the Major Leagues was the first playoff mound for the sixth time in the playoffs, and he carried a runner with a dead ball and hitting Uchino at once, but pinned the 4th batter to the first goro double play. I surpassed.
After 2 times, Tanaka decided a low-sliding slider and took the 3 strikes from the 6th and 7th batters on the ball and took 2 strikes with the slider 3 times.
The Yankees batting line took 7 points at a stretch, including No. 8 Diddy Gregorius making a full home run three times.
Tanaka pitched 4th and 5th batters in 4th and lost 1 point, but 5 times retreated with 3 players, 5th throw, 3 hits and 1 goal, 7 strikeouts It was a good pitch and played a big role in the playoffs.
The Yankees won the Twins 8-2, and Tanaka became the pitcher.
Tanaka now has 4 wins and 2 losses in the playoffs.
The Yankees will have won two consecutive victories and will take part in the third game on the 7th, taking the lead in the league winning series for the first time in two years.
Tanaka “I could do it”
Pitcher Tanaka said, “I think I could have done what I could do. I thought that I wouldn't swing the other person's balance and feel comfortable swinging, so I tried to pitch that way. I want to be able to do that. "