finally came down to the floor.
The Japanese professional baseball Yomiuri Giants fell to the bottom. On the 14th, in an away game against Chunichi Dragons in Nagoya, they lost 2-9.
They followed with 2 points in the top of the 6th inning, 메이저놀이터trailing 0-4. In the first and second bases of the first company, Hayato Sakamoto hit the right time in the left turn, and Sho Nakata hit the right time in the third in the second company, the first and second bases.
That was it,
starting pitcher Tyler Beady gave up 4 runs in 5 innings and passed the mound. Takuya Kuwahara allowed one scoreless inning, but the relief team collapsed after that.
In the bottom of the 7th inning, after 2 kills, he gave up 4 hits and 1 walk and allowed 3 runs. In the bottom of the 8th inning, the lead batter gave up 2 runs after getting 3 hits in a row. On this day, the Yomiuri batting line only had 4 hits.
It’s the worst early pace. On the 12th, against the Hanshin Tigers, he suffered three consecutive losses. They have 1 win and 8 losses in the last 9 matches. After losing to Chunichi in the opening game at home, the atmosphere was revived with three consecutive wins, but it quickly subsided after that.
Sluggish hitting is serious. They have scored a total of 18 points over their last 9 games and 2 points per game. Excluding the Hanshin game on the 11th, which was won 7-1, it is 11 points in 8 games. Recently, the batting line was reorganized, but the effect did not appear.
The Yomiuri pitching staff got 15 hits from Chunichi.
As of the 14th, 4 wins and 9 losses in 13 games, winning rate is 308. It is the lowest among the 6 Central League teams. It is the first time in 5 years since June 9, 2018, when Yomiuri fell to the bottom alone, during Yoshinobu Takahashi’s days as coach. Hara da
Director Tsunori is personally the last in 11 years since April 25, 2012. Director Hara served as the command tower twice, from 2002 to 2003 and from 2006 to 2015, and took the baton for the third time in 2019.
The tie for first place was the Yakult Swallows and Hanshin (7 wins, 1 draw and 4 losses) and the ride took place in 4 games. It is 1 game behind 5th place Chunichi (4 wins and 7 losses).
Yomiuri is the winner of the 2020 Central League and Japan Series. The team that aims to win every year has been sluggish for the past two years. In 2021, he finished 3rd, 11 games behind No. 1 Yakult. Last year, he recorded 68 wins, 3 draws, and 72 losses, with an odds ratio of 4.8 pun 6. After 2017, after 5 years, I tasted the humiliation of falling to Class B (4th to 6th out of 6 league teams).
On the 14th, coach Hara said, “I don’t know what to say. I’m getting better little by little” in response to a reporter’s question about the sluggish batting.
Some Japanese media predict that if the sluggishness continues, it may be hardened during the season.