Yoshitomo Tsutsugo of the Major League Baseball Pirates made a full appearance against the Cardinals and hit two hits to mark two RBIs.

Tsutsugo started on the 9th in the Cardinals match against the Cardinals in St. Louis, the home of the opponent, and hit the center with a sacrifice fly in the first at-bat with no out bases loaded this season. I recorded the first RBI.



The 2nd at bat in the 3rd inning also hit a timely hit in front of the left with a chance of 1 out and 2nd base, the 3rd at bat was a left fly, the 4th at bat in the 7th inning was a hit in front of the left, the 5th at bat was a short ground ball, and 2 at bats. It was two hits.



Tsutsugo had two hits in two games in a row since the opening, and on that day he scored all the points for the team, but Pirates lost 2-6.

Tsutsugo 2 RBIs from former giant Miles Mikolas

In this match, Cardinals' starting pitcher was Miles Mikolas, who was active in professional baseball and giants, and Tsutsugo was the first match in five years since 2017, when he was in the DeNA era.



Tsutsugo, who scored two RBIs by hitting a sacrifice fly and a timely hit from pitcher Mikolas, said, "Since the match in Japan is a long time ago, if you check the video before the match, I think that it is a completely different style from Japan. I think Miles Mikolas is also taller, but since there are many big pitchers in the United States, I wasn't as surprised as I was in Japan. "



Regarding the feeling of good batting with two hits in two consecutive games from the opening, "I am getting better day by day. There are still various fine adjustments, so I think I should go in a better direction." I was talking.

Gosuke Katoh of the Blue Jays, who was the first Japanese fielder to enter the major leagues without experiencing Japanese professional baseball, hit the Rangers game in Toronto, Canada, with a one-point lead in the eighth inning. He was appointed as a substitute runner for the leading batter who came out and played his first appearance in the major leagues.



Kato advanced to second base with a sacrifice bunt, but he did not score and did not defend.



The Blue Jays just won 4-3.



A 27-year-old from California, Kato was nominated by the Yankees for the second round at the 2013 draft conference and was promoted to the Blue Jays for the first time in his tenth year as a professional.

First appearance in the major leagues in the 10th year of the professional runner

Kato, who made his first appearance in the major leagues in the second round of the season opener, said, "It was an important scene, so I was preparing so that my head wouldn't turn white. I thought I was very nervous in the first match, but it was time to get nervous. I felt like I didn't have any. I'm glad I was able to run on a very important scene. "



On top of that, "I'm really playing one game, one game, thinking that it's the last. Last year, this team couldn't make it to the playoffs because there wasn't enough wins, so the idea of ​​the team is to do one game per game. I'm an enthusiast. I want to do that too. "

Red Sox pitcher Hirokazu Sawamura pitched for the first time this season in the 7th inning, which led two points against the Yankees in New York, and was replaced by three people.



The Red Sox lost 2-4 and have lost two games in a row since the opening.