The Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) is also a "pitcher and hitter" this year. Three pitchers maintain the 0-point range in ERA over mid-May. As many as eight pitchers in the Central League have one run range. Including the Pacific League, the total number of players is 12. Seibu Lions right-hander Tatsuya Imai marks 0.59 to rank No. 1 overall. He pitched in eight games and 61 innings, giving up four runs. Imai pitched against the Orix Buffaloes on the 17th, giving up one run in eight innings. He allowed 29 consecutive scoreless innings until he allowed one run in the eighth inning.
As of Tuesday, the KBO League has two pitchers with an earned run average of one point. They are Cody Ponce (1.48), who is leading the Hanwha Eagles, and Lim Chan-kyu (1.99) of the LG Twins.
Excellent pitching resources flow into the NPB every year. There have been many good pitchers who control the ball well before, but pitchers who throw fast balls up to 150 kilometers per hour are also common. Foreigners' "one-two punch" is very different from the KBO League, which controls team performance. Korean players are the main players on the mound.
No foreign pitcher ranked within the top 10 in ERA in the Central League last year. In the Pacific League, there was only one Cuban right-hander, Moinello Livan Moinello (Softbank Hawks). In the 8th year of NPB, he switched from middle to starting, recording 1.88 (11-5) and ranking first in this category.
This year, two foreign starters from the Yokohama BayStars stand out. They are left-hander Anthony K and right-hander Andre Jackson. Kei, who is in his second year as a member of the team, played in six games and posted three wins and one loss with a 0.86 ERA. He had five high-quality starts (more than seven innings and two earned runs or less) and ended four games without losing a point. Jackson, who renewed his contract, posted three wins and one loss with a 1.24 ERA in seven games. Both of them rank first and third in ERA in the Central League.
There's one more foreign pitcher that stands out. It's Orix Buffaloes right-hander Anders Espinoza. It's terribly unlucky. It's mid-May, and it's still there
It's winless.
He started an away game against the Seibu Lions on Saturday. He gave up seven hits and allowed three runs through the eighth inning. He only gave up one earned run out of three runs. He struck out nine with 124 pitches. He played his part well as a starting pitcher. He was rewarded for his outstanding throws, and posted a complete defeat in eight innings. His team had three hits and no runs, but lost 0-3 in annual pay.
He allowed one run on two hits in the first inning. He allowed two walks after the second inning to end the inning. However, he made an error at the third base with two outs and runners on the first base. Immediately after the error, he had a timely triple with two RBIs. Espinoza gave up only four hits in six innings after allowing three runs. He continued to display good pitching without allowing any runs. His batters supported him in scoring.
Seibu pitched well. Starting pitcher Yutaro Watanabe allowed three hits and no runs through the seventh inning, followed by two bullpen pitchers, who pitched well without allowing any runs through the second inning.
In his second year in Japan, he has achieved the eighth win in his career. Spinoza started 22 games last year and garnered seven wins (nine losses). He garnered all of his wins in the first three games, drawing keen attention from fans. His ERA was 2.63, and all statistics showed compliance. However, he had no win since the game against Seibu on July 15 last year. He thus had no win in 15 consecutive games until the game against Seibu on Sunday. 스포츠토토
Without such a long-term victory in the KBO League, there would have been talk of replacement already. However, victory
The story is not bad. He lost three games in six games this year, with an ERA of 3.06. If Seung-woon does not follow, it is sometimes difficult to get compensation.
Espinoza pitched seven innings of one run against the Softbank Hawks on April 10, which ended in a 1-1 draw in the 12th inning. On April 17, he allowed two runs in six innings against Seibu. He was replaced in a 2-2 tie. Shortly after he stepped down, Orix gave up one run and lost 2-3.