Giants Tomoyuki Sugano 13 consecutive victories from the opening pitcher Professional baseball record update October 6 23:05
Pitcher Tomoyuki Sugano, the ace of professional baseball giant, became the winning pitcher in the game against DeNA tonight, and the consecutive wins from the opening pitcher was extended to "13" to break the professional baseball record.
Pitcher Sugano started the game against DeNA at Tokyo Dome on the night of the 6th, and pitched 7 times to win 3 goals.
As a result, the winning streak from the opening pitcher was extended to "13", and the giant pitcher Hisashi Iwakuma broke the professional baseball record marked in 2004 during the Kintetsu era.
In addition, pitcher Sugano reached 100 wins in total with the victory on the 6th.
This is the 138th record for pitcher Sugano, but it is the first pitcher born in Heisei.
In addition, the record of consecutive wins since the Giants' first pitch in the season was "13" marked by Tsuneo Horiuchi in 1966, and pitcher Sugano was in line with this team record.
Sugano "I still want to improve the record"
Pitcher Sugano commented on the fact that he extended his winning streak from the opening pitcher to 13 and broke the professional baseball record. There is no such thing. "
He said, "I think the records that our predecessors have set up are hard to come by, so I'm really happy to be able to update them, and I still want to improve them."
Regarding the fact that the total number of wins reached 100, "I was really grateful to various people because I never thought I could win 100. In the giant, pitcher Togoh did his best. I want Pitcher Togoh to do his best to achieve that, "he said to Shosei Togoh, a 20-year-old junior member of the team.