Kohei Arihara, who transferred to the Rangers of the Major Leagues this season, started the game against the Royals for the first time and kept the 5th inning to 3 goals, but he did not win the debut of the Major Leagues.
Pitcher Arihara, who transferred from professional baseball Nippon-Ham to the Rangers of Major League Baseball using the posting system, was assigned the second game of the season for the team, and on the 3rd, he played against the Royals in Kansas City, the home of his opponent. I started.
Pitcher Arihara got a two-point lead and went up to one mound and suddenly gave a dead ball to the lead batter, but he hit the following batter in a short ground ball double play and the start was finished with three batters.
After this, he pitched the corners politely and hit two hits up to four times, keeping no runs, but in the fifth inning with a four-point lead, he was aimed at a fastball that was high in the lead batter, and was the first home run. I had a run.
In addition, the batter's fly to the center lost sight of the hit ball and became a three-base, and was narrowed down by one point in the subsequent timely two-base etc., but with the right of the winning pitcher, he got off the mound at this time. ..
Pitcher Arihara threw 73 balls in the 5th inning, hitting 6 hits, struck out 1 strikeout, and scored 3 goals.
The Rangers lost 7 points in the 6th inning and were reversed, losing 4-11, and Arihara did not win the Major League Baseball debut.