At an interleague game against the Chiba Lotte Marines held at the Mazda Stadium in Hiroshima on Tuesday local time, veteran Hiroshima right-hander Daichi Osera blocked the Chiba Lotte lineup with 110 pitches through the eighth inning without allowing a run. He allowed three walks without a hit, and only once in the first inning did he allow a runner to the second base. The batters also scored four runs, easing burden on Osera. He allowed two runs in the fourth and sixth innings, respectively.
In the top of the ninth inning with a 4-0 lead, three out counts left. No-hit and no-run was in sight.
I took the first step in an upbeat mood. He grounded out Neftali Soto, who came out as a substitute, to shortstop. He displayed outstanding performance by banking on a 135 kilometer per hour suit that penetrated the lower course toward the right-handed batter. He then struck out No. 1 Atsuki Tomoski with a swing and miss. He crushed the ball with a cut fastball that went 138 kilometers outside the lower course with a ball count of 2B2S.
With two outs and no runners. Suddenly, he was shaken up. Katsuya Kakunaka, the second batter, and Akito Takabe, the third batter, were given walks in a row. He threw three cut fastballs at 1B2S against Kakunaka. Four to seven pitches in succession slightly deviated from the outer boundary of the strike zone. Takabe was then given a straight walk. All of the first to fourth pitches went to the high ground. Two outs and runners on first and second bases.
Fourth batter Gregory Polanco. The winner was decided in no time. He hit a strike with his first pitch of the high course and threw a fastball of 144 kilometers per hour toward his body before hitting a fly ball to right field.
He allowed no hits, five walks, and no runs in nine innings. He allowed five walks, but overwhelmed batters with various breaking balls. He struck out two. He posted his maximum speed of 146 kilometers per hour.
Chiba Lotte Polanco said, “The cut fastball was very good. I wanted to have a hit in the last at-bat, but the result didn’t come out.” In an interview after the game, Oh Se-ra said, “I thought this had nothing to do with me. I still can’t believe it.”
It is the second no-hitter in the Japanese pro baseball this season. It is his 90th no-hitter and 102nd career record as a player. Earlier, Yomiuri Giants right-hander Shosei Dogo (24) recorded a no-hitter against the Hanshin Tigers at Koshien Stadium on May 24.
Suddenly, Kenta Maeda, 36, who plays for the Detroit Tigers, was summoned. Maeda set a no-hitter in the match against the Yokohama BayStars on April 6, 2012, and achieved the milestone in Hiroshima for the first time in 12 years. At that time, it was an away game against Yokohama. It was the first no-hitter at the Matsuda Stadium, which opened in 2009.
She has been pursuing an elite course. When she was a high school student, she played at the Koshien event in the summer. After graduating from high school, she went to college and joined the Hiroshima team as the first draft pick in 2014. She garnered 10 wins in her debut season and became the Rookie of the Year in the Central League. In 2018, she grabbed the title with multiple wins and topped the winning percentage. That year, her team achieved three consecutive wins in the league. 고수익알바
In November 2021, he signed a three-year free agent contract for a total of 810 million won. This year marks the last season of his three-year contract.
It has slowed down for the past two years. After winning 10 games in 2021, he only won single-digit wins for two consecutive years. Last season, he won 6-1 with a 3.61 ERA. In 2022, he started 23 games and posted an ERA of 4.72. It is a disappointing performance as a key starting pitcher.
She had elbow surgery in October last year. She was the starting pitcher for the opening game for five consecutive years, but this year she was handed over to Guri Ahren (33), a fellow player of the team. Guri was appointed as the second choice after Osera in 2014.
The mood is different this year. He started nine games as a starter and garnered three wins without a loss. He has no homers in 58 ⅔ innings. He lowered his ERA by 1.07. He ranks first in both leagues in this category. His team Hiroshima has risen to No. 1 again.
He has had quality start (more than six innings and less than three earned runs) in the last five consecutive games. Four of them are quality start plus (more than seven innings and less than three earned runs). He recorded two earned runs in 36 ⅓. He had an earned run average of 0.49 in five games.
