Major League Yankees Tanaka 5th inning without a hit

Major League Baseball Yankees pitcher Masahiro Tanaka started 5th in a raise match on the 7th and showed good pitching without any goals. Pitcher Tanaka also faced Ray's Yoshitomo Tsutsuka through Japan and the United States for the first time, keeping the number of two hits to no hit.

Pitcher Tanaka returned about a month after being hit in the head during practice at the camp last month, and on the 7th, he started his second starting pitching this season in the rivalry against St. Petersburg, Florida on the 7th. I played.

Pitcher Tanaka faced with the wind-up pitching form that he is working on this season, and in the second inning that he met 0-0, he played the first No. 6 hitter Tsutsuka player through Japan and the United States for the first time and went to the fast ball first. I caught it on the foul fly.

And five times, Tsutsuka player hit the center fly with split at the second bat, and Tanaka pitched 5 hits without a goal, 5 strikeouts, but he got off the mound without the support of his teammates. I didn't win the first victory of the season.

The number of spheres was 59, an increase of 8 from the previous 51 spheres.

After that, Tsutsuka chose the foreball in the third at-bat at eight times, which was 0-0. It's been reduced to 1 minute for 7 minutes.

Rays won the game 1-0.

Tanaka "Thrown naturally"

Pitcher Tanaka responded, "I was able to control the ball more firmly than the previous pitching, but I was surprised that it worked so well. I was thrown naturally and I was able to add strength to it." Did.

Regarding the match with Tsutsuka, "I was lucky to have been out because the ball at the second bat was caught because I was pitched. Although there are few games this season, I will continue to play in the same area in the future. I think there are many opportunities, so I want to have a good match."

In addition, the Yankees coach Aaron Boone said, ``I was hoping to throw three or four times today, within the 60-ball limit, but I was able to throw five times in a perfect pitch with no goals. It was good. The pitch and the control of the fastball were good, and the pitching was perfect."