A 30-year-old veteran with no strikeouts and no strikeouts recorded his first true record in 43 years, "Do I need to strike out if it's not a crisis?"
A 30-year-old veteran with no strikeouts and no strikeouts recorded his first true record in 43 years, "Do I need to strike out if it's not a crisis?"
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Hiroki Hiroshima Toyokaf Tokoda (30) of the Japanese professional baseball league achieved a shutout without any strikeouts.
Tokoda started the game against the Chunichi Dragons at the Mazda Zoom Zoom Stadium in Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan on the 3rd and won the shutout with three hits and one walk in nine innings.
Tokoda, who neatly stopped the inning by throwing out three outs in the top of the first inning, had a hit by Sho Nakata with two outs in the second inning, but ended the inning by catching Takuya Kinoshita with a fly ball to the left field. Afterwards, he continued his hitting spree with 12 consecutive batters until the second out in the sixth inning. After receiving a hit by Yuki Okabayashi, Tokoda grounded out Yasuhiro Yamamoto to end the inning without much crisis.
Tokoda, who had a hit by Seiji Uebayashi in the seventh inning, caught Jason Bosler with a fly ball to the right field and induced Orlando Caliste to hit a double play to the shortstop, overcoming the crisis. He allowed three outs again in the eighth inning.
Taking the mound in the ninth inning again, Tokoda walked Seiya Hosokawa with two outs but completed the shutout by catching Uebayashi with a fly ball to the center field. He pitched 107 pitches. Hiroshima won 2-0.
Tokoda, who recorded 51 wins, 43 losses and one-hold ERA of 2.84 in 132 games (805 innings) in the Japanese pro baseball league, has established himself as the main starting pitcher of Hiroshima by garnering 11 wins in succession in 2023 and 2024. He has been active in six games (47 innings) with three wins and two losses and an ERA of 0.96 this year. He has already completed three complete games and two complete games, ranking first alone in both leagues and tied for first in complete games. 메이저놀이터
"Hiroshima Tokoda won his second shutout of the season, ending his team's seven-game losing streak," Japanese media Sports Hochi said. "He didn't let anyone step on second base. He was able to throw 89 pitches until the eighth inning to win a shutout with less than 100 pitches, but he allowed a walk in the ninth inning and unfortunately missed out on his performance."
"Tokoda set a rare record instead of missing Maddox," said Sports Hochi, who noted Tokoda's other record. "It was the first time since Kazuhisa Seibu's Makita in 2013 that he had 0 strikeouts and the first time in the Central League since Kazuhisa Yakult Yano in 1989. The record was recorded in Hiroshima in 43 years since Kazuo Yamane in 1982.
"I took the mound with the determination to win and to throw long innings somehow. It was good to throw well until the end," Tokoda said. On the part where his ball speed increased in the ninth inning, he said, "I have a desire to finish within 100 pitches. I think I should throw while maintaining my composure."
"I don't know if it's good or bad. I think it's okay because our defense team is very good. I think it's better to hit the ball within one to two pitches than strikeouts. I think I had a good pitching today. I wanted to strike out in the end, but if it's not in a crisis, I don't think I need to strike out. I was really good today and I was able to throw in a good rhythm," Tokoda said.
"I thought that if I tried to strike out by force, it would collapse," Tokoda said. "I had a bit of greed in the end, but I was able to keep the rhythm and throw the ball," he said. "When I was an amateur, I usually struck out in double digits when I hit a shutout. That's the first time I've ever seen that happen."