Major League Baseball Red Sox pitcher Takuichi Sawamura took the relief pitcher against the Pirates, keeping the second inning without a hit and no runs scored.
On the 17th, pitcher Sawamura pitched in the third pitcher from the 7th inning, leading 4 to 2, in the Pirates match held in Pittsburgh, the opponent's home base.
The first batter clogged with a fastball and hit the first grounder, but the first deflected this ball back and put it on base with an error.
Even so, he managed to keep a clean sheet with a short grounder double play and an empty strikeout.
In the 8th inning, when the lead extended to 3 points, he went up to the mound and pitched with a powerful fastball and a changing ball, and threw the 2nd inning, showing a perfect relief with no hits and no runs.
He had one strikeout.
With this, Sawamura has scored no runs in six straight games and has an ERA of 3.04.
The Red Sox won 8-3 to bring their winning percentage back to 50%.
Cubs Seiya Suzuki has no hits in 4 at bats
Seiya Suzuki of the Cubs made a full appearance in the match against the Nationals in Washington, D.C., the home of the opponent, with No. 3 and right, and had no hits in 4 at bats.
▽ 1st at bat, vacant strikeout
4 2nd at bat
, third grounder ▽ 6th at bat, second grounder
▽ 8th at bat, vacant strikeout, no
hits for the first time in three games , the batting average dropped to 20%, 4 minutes and 1 minute.
The Cubs won the race, 3-2.