Major League Baseball, Twins pitcher Kenta Maeda made a comeback from the injury in the Mariners game on the 14th, and although he did not win or lose with one goal in the fourth inning, he took seven strikeouts and marked a total of 2000 strikeouts in Japan and the United States. Did.
Pitcher Maeda has been on the list of injured people due to the tension of the adductor muscle of his right leg since he pitched on May 22, and after that, his return was delayed due to arm pain, but he pitched in the minor league. I've been making adjustments.
Pitcher Maeda started the game against the Mariners in his opponent's hometown Seattle on the 14th and returned to the mound of the major leagues for the first time in 23 days.
Pitcher Maeda, who won his third win of the season, once stole a missed strikeout from the lead batter, and after that, control was disturbed and he led to a one-out bases loaded pinch with three consecutive walks, but the following batter I made a short fly and a strikeout with no runs.
In the following two times, he effectively used the changing ball to strike out three consecutive strikeouts, and although he lost one point in the third inning, he took one strikeout and did not allow additional points.
Pitcher Maeda took the seventh strikeout of this game from the second batter in the fourth inning with a two-point lead, making it the 767th strikeout in total in the sixth year of the major leagues, together with 1233 strikeouts in the Hiroshima era of professional baseball. Marked 2000 strikeouts in Japan and the United States.
Pitcher Maeda did not go up to the mound in the 5th inning and threw 76 balls by the 4th inning, hitting 3 hits and 3 foreballs, 1 goal and no win or loss.
In the match, the Twins lost 3-4 in a come-from-behind defeat and lost 2 consecutive games.