Major League Baseball (MLB)Padres' Japanese left thrower Hiroki Matsui, who completed the 100K of his major league career on the board in the battle against the Dodgers on the 12th, also happened to be the strikeout compatriot Shohei Ohtani, and he also explained the strategy of the play after the game, thinking that it was just right to strike out Ohtani.
Hiroki Matsui (from right) struck out on the 12th, Shohei Ohtani completed the 100K of his major league career.
Hiroki Matsui came to the bench when his team was down in the 7th inning, and he let Kim Hye-sung knock out the midfield flyball, followed by a four-ball strikeout against Shohei Ohtani, and after being knocked off by Mookie Betts, Freddie Freeman finished his pitching mission. Hiroki Matsui used 14 balls to shoot 1 game today, was hit 1 and sent 2K without guarantee, and the defense rate slipped to 3.25.
Hiroki Matsui mentioned today's strikeout Shohei Ohtani's play: "He is a hitter who will chase bad balls, and the number of balls was in my favor at the time, so there is no need to force the ball into the good ball belt, it is just right to be able to suppress him." When asked about the fact that Sanzhen Otani happened to be his career 100 K, Matsui only said: "That's nothing special. "It's good to be able to get out with strikeouts, and it's good to be able to pitch with the fans when you're behind like today. ”
In his second year in the major leagues, Matsui Hiroki has accumulated a total of 93 games, won 6 wins and 3 losses, has a defense rate of 3.59, has 11 relay successes, throws 101 strikeouts in 90.1 innings, and has a 4-bad delivery rate of 39 times, and has a batting rate of 2 to 06.