Three Japanese pitchers took the mound as starting pitchers on the same day.
Yamamoto Yoshinobu (LA Dodgers), Shota Imanaga (Chicago Cubs), and Yu Darvish (San Diego Padres) all pitched well as starting pitchers on the 17th (Korea Standard Time).
Yamamoto started in an away game against the Atlanta Braves and pitched well, allowing four hits and no runs in four innings. He allowed just 72 pitches in order to manage the number of pitches he pitched. He allowed one run (ERA) in four innings in the previous game against the Cubs, and displayed good pitching in two consecutive games after his return to the mound. His ERA for this season dropped to 2.63.
The Dodgers won the game 9-0.
In the home game against the Oakland Athletics, Imanaga pitched six innings and allowed two runs to secure his 14th win of the season, leading his team to a 9-2 victory. He allowed five hits and struck out 11. His ERA was 3.03, which is close to reaching the two-run mark.
Lee Mi-na’s 14 wins, a big league rookie, are the same as Ryu Hyun-jin’s wins in his big league debut season.
In addition, it is his first career win in a single season.
Japanese batter Seiya Suzuki also played three hits in five at-bats.
Darvish started the home game against the Houston Astros and pitched six innings of three hits and no runs.
Darvish went down the mound with his team leading 2-0. San Diego won the game 3-1, becoming a winning pitcher and earning his 109th career win in the big league. He became the lone second in history by posting 202 wins in the U.S., including 93 wins in Japan and the U.S. and Japan, beating Hideo Nomo. He trailed No. 1 ranking Hiroki Kuroda by one win. He is 15 wins behind Park Chan-ho’s record of 124 wins, which is the most by an Asian player in the Major League. 메이저놀이터
