2024-04-08 00:33:17
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[마이데일리 = 김진성 기자] Shota Imanaga (31, Chicago Cubs) won the match once morest Shohei Ohtani (30, LA Dodgers). However, the rain made Imanaga empty.
Imanaga started in the 2024 Major League Baseball home game once morest the LA Dodgers held at Wrigley Field in Chicago, Illinois, USA on the 8th (Korean time), allowing 2 hits, 3 strikeouts, and no runs in 4 innings. In his major league debut once morest the Colorado Rockies on the 2nd, he pitched well once more following becoming the winning pitcher with 2 hits, 9 strikeouts, and no runs in 6 innings.
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Imanaga entered the major leagues by signing a four-year, $53 million contract in the 2023-2024 free agent market. In just his second game, a two-hit match with Ohtani took place. Ohtani started as the designated hitter number two on this day and recorded no hits in two at-bats and one strikeout.
Imanaga handled leadoff Mookie Betts’ fly ball to right field with a splitter in the first inning. He struck out the follow-up Ohtani with a 94.4 mph four-seamer in the bottom of the ninth pitch. Ohtani responded normally to both Imanaga’s sweeper and splitter.
After sending out the leadoff batter in the second inning, Imanaga hit three consecutive batters and struck out. In the third inning, he hit a three-run batter. He met Ohtani with two outs and induced a fly ball to third base with a two-pitch, 91 mph high fastball. He ended the fourth inning with a three-way strike.
Meanwhile, the Cubs’ batting lineup was active from the beginning. With two outs in the bottom of the first inning, a chance was created with the bases loaded, and Michael Bush hit a sweeping three-run double in the middle of the month. In the bottom of the second inning, with one out and runners on first and third base, Seiya Suzuki hit a sacrifice fly to left field. Suzuki started in right field twice on this day and had no hits in one at-bat and one tee point.
In the bottom of the 3rd inning, the Cubs had 2 outs and runners on base, and Mike Turkman, who played as a foreign player for the Hanwha Eagles of the KBO League, hit a 1-RBI double to left. After two outs, he did not miss the opportunity created by shortstop Mookie Betts’ error. In the 4th inning, Suzuki reached base on a bases loaded ball and created a chance. An additional point was scored due to an error by the opposing third baseman.
And with one out and runners on first and third base, the game was stopped when Cubs shortstop Dansby Swanson was at bat. The game, which had been suspended for a whopping 2 hours and 51 minutes, resumed, and Imanaga might no longer go on the mound. The opportunity for a second win of the season wasted.
Afterwards, in the top of the sixth inning, with no runners on base and two outs, Ohtani attacked right-hander Mark Leiter Jr.’s curveball and hit his first triple of the season. In the top of the 8th inning, with 2 outs and runners on first base, Ohtani hit Daniel Palencia’s 97 mph four-seam hit and hit an RBI double in the middle. They trailed 1-8, but the game had already been decided. Ohtani’s batting performance on this day was 2 hits and 1 RBI in 4 at-bats. Season batting average 0.320.
On March 20, 2024, the ‘Major League World Tour Seoul Series 2024’ was held between the LA Dodgers and the San Diego Padres at Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul. Otani preparing to hit./Gocheok = Reporter Jinhyeong Yoo [email protected]
Cubs win 8-1. Suzuki, who was doing well at the beginning of the season, faltered with no hits, just 1 hit and 1 run. Cody Bellinger and Tauckman from Hanwha each scored a solo shot.
Reporter Kim Jin-seong [email protected]
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