Kohei Arihara, a pitcher of the Major League Baseball Rangers, started the open game against the Cubs on the 8th, and appealed to the starting rotation by limiting the number of runs to 1 goal in the 3rd inning.
Pitcher Arihara, who transferred to the Rangers of the Major Leagues this season, threw two times and scored three goals in his first pitch in the open game on the 2nd of this month.
On the 8th, he started in the open game against the Cubs in Arizona in the middle of the 5th, and was hit by a hit in the start and a hit in front of the light by the 4th batter after being made 1 out 1st base and 2nd base due to an error of his teammates. I got one point first.
In addition, he was in a pinch of bases loaded with one out, but he managed to get through this time with the least number of goals by limiting the following to a double play of a short ground ball.
In the 2nd and 3rd innings, the game balls were gathered low to make a tripartite retreat, and pitcher Arihara threw 3 innings with 33 balls, 2 hits, no walks, and 1 run.
The fastest ball speed was 94 miles and 151.3 km, and there were no strikeouts, but I corrected the content from the previous first pitch and appealed to the starting rotation, such as suppressing the number of balls and taking 7 outs at the infield ground ball. did.
Pitcher Arihara said, "I was able to take advantage of my previous reflections and calmly enter the game with the control in mind from the bullpen. It is different from the ball I have used so far, so practice more so that it fits as soon as possible. I want to go. "