Fukuoka held at Hinata Sun Marine Stadium Miyazaki on April 8In the match between the Softbank Hawks and the Saitama Seibu Lions, a rare play of “4 strikeouts in 1 inning” occurred. It has become a hot topic, especially among professional baseball fans.
[Video]”It’s pretty amazing!” Seibu’s Mitsunari Takahashi’s “rare record” became a hot topic
In the bottom of the 2nd inning of the same game, Softbank’s attack, Seibu’s starting pitcher Mitsunari Takahashi first missed Softbank No. 4 Ryoya Kurihara at the beginning of this inning and struck out, followed by No. 5 Taisei Makihara. For a whiff strikeout. However, at that time, Seibu’s catcher Tsuge Sena passed the ball, so Makihara got on base by swinging away. Although he was on first base with one out, he then struck out No. 6, Akira Nakamura, in the air. 7th pitcher Kenta Imamiya was carried to the right, and Takahashi was in a pinch with 2 outs and 1st and 2nd base. I took it and survived the pinch of a one-hit tie.
In fact, in this inning, Takahashi has four batters during one inning, which is a change with three outs, with No. 4 Kurihara, No. 5 Makihara (running away), No. 6 Akira Nakamura, No. 8 Uebayashi. In a rare form of taking away strikeouts from. In addition, Kambayashi, who became the last batter of the inning, also whiffed, but this time as well, because he threw a fork that was so large that it looked like a pass ball, Kambayashi ran to first base aiming to swing away. there is In the end, catcher Tsuge caught the ball without deflecting it, and Kambayashi was out.
In addition, this “1 inning 4 strikeouts” was recorded by Aki Sasaki of the Chiba Lotte Marines in July last year in the Pacific League official game, but in general, pitchers who use balls with a large drop are the winning pitchers. It is said that there is a tendency for there to be more passes because the catcher is more likely to pass the ball, which makes it easier for the opportunity to swing away.
Regarding this series of plays, ABEMA’s “Buzz! Mr. Igarashi, who appeared in the Pacific League, said, “It’s pretty amazing.” There are various comments from professional baseball fans on the Internet, such as “Seibu only plays ace with 4 strikeouts in 1 inning” and “Pitchers who strike out with big changes often run away.” it’s rolling.
(ABEMA “Buzz! Pacific League”)
