Major league Mariners Kikuchi Open game first pitching 3 goals February 24 14:07
Major league player Mariners pitcher Yusei Kikuchi started on the 23rd for the first time in an open game, throwing halfway twice and having three runs.
The second year of Mariners, pitcher Kikuchi started his first game of the season in the opener against Rangers in Arizona.
Pitcher Kikuchi, who was on the theme of speeding up the ball, once lost two strikeouts in a row, but lost two points after hitting two base hits and hitting Uchino and losing one point due to the error of his ally. Was.
Two hits and a foreball caused a pinch, and the ninth batter hit a two-base hit, losing two more points.
Kikuchi pitched in after giving the dead ball to the following batter and took the lead in the first open game with four hits and three runs with one and one third innings.
The fastest speed of the day was 154 km, and pitcher Kikuchi said, "I am relieved because there were some balls better than the result. I think that I was throwing strong balls continuously and I got a great response." He seemed convinced of the quality of the fastball.
Also, pitcher Yoshihisa Hirano, who plays in the Mariners this season, pitched for the fourth time in the fourth round, hitting a solo home run to the ninth batter after one out, losing one inning with one hit and one goal.
Hirano said, "Both a fastball and a changing ball were thrown on the course, but I want to reflect on the fact that I hit a home run and connect to the next."