Yankees Tanaka District Series Round 3 Starter also 5 goals Team 2nd Loss October 8 12:38
Major League Baseball Yankees pitcher Masahiro Tanaka started in the third game of the playoff district series with Raise on the 7th and lost 5 goals in the middle of the 5th inning.
In the American League Division Series, where the team that won the first three wins advances to the League Championship Series, the Yankees, to which pitcher Tanaka belongs, and the Rays, to which Yoshitomo Tsutsugo belongs, are competing.
Round 3 was held on the 7th with 1 win and 1 loss for both teams, with pitcher Tanaka starting.
Pitcher Tanaka went up to the mound with a no-windup form that was different from the one he was wearing during the season, and once made a good start by taking a series of strikeouts with a changing ball and a powerful fastball.
However, in the second inning, he lost one point after being hit by a timely hit from first base and second base with two outs.
Furthermore, in the 4th inning of 1 to 1, after being hit by a sweet change ball and allowing a win in a three-run home run, the lead batter in the 5th inning also hit a home run and was robbed of additional points, and was replaced immediately after that. have become.
In the match, the Yankees lost 4 to 8 and suffered a second loss, leaving them to advance to the League Championship Series.
Pitcher Tanaka became a losing pitcher with 5 goals, including throwing 73 balls and hitting 8 hits by the middle of the 5th inning.
Raise Tsutsugo is a no-hitter
On the other hand, Raise's Tsutsugo, who scored 2 wins and 1 loss, was the 5th designated hitter and started for the first time in this series, but pitcher Tanaka was able to hold down 2 at bats and was a no-hitter in 5 at bats.