Pitcher Kenta Maeda of the Major League Tigers started in an exhibition game, and although he hit two home runs, he pitched with seven strikeouts. It looked like he was doing it.
Pitcher Maeda started in the exhibition game against the Orioles held in Lakeland, Florida on the 17th.
Pitcher Maeda, who had three outs in the first inning, grounded out the first 4 in the infield, then split from the 5th and got a strikeout, resulting in 2 outs, but the following 6th, Stowers, caught a low slider. He was hit by a solo home run in right field.
In the 3rd inning, he pitched mainly curveballs while giving out runners, resulting in two strikeouts and no runs.In the 4th inning, he struck out two players in a row and sent out a runner on a walk, but Stowers caught a low ball again. , gave up two points on a two-run home run.
In the fifth inning, he got off the mound after getting his seventh strikeout of the day with a slider from the first batter.
Pitcher Maeda threw 74 pitches during the fifth inning, allowing three hits, including two home runs, and three runs, with seven strikeouts.
Regarding the two home runs hit by Stowers, Pitcher Maeda said, ``I don't think it's worse now to get hit by a missed pitch than to connect and score two or three points.I don't feel bad about it.'' "No," he said calmly.
He added, ``It's good that I've been able to get strikeouts.There are some small adjustments to be made, such as pitching after runners are out, but I think we're heading in the right direction at the moment.''He feels good about himself before the start of the season. It looked like he was there.