19 consecutive scoreless innings… 4 games, 31 innings, ERA 0.58, ‘Bad Boy’ Bauer, who became powerful like a monster, 10K 8 wins in 7 innings against Chunichi

19 consecutive scoreless innings… 4 games, 31 innings, ERA 0.58, ‘Bad Boy’ Bauer, who became powerful like a monster, 10K 8 wins in 7 innings against Chunichi

19 consecutive scoreless innings.

Yokohama Baystars right-hander Trevor Bauer (32) won his 8th win of the season. He started against the Chunichi Dragons held at Yokohama Stadium on the 9th and pitched 7 innings with 4 hits and no runs.

From the beginning of the game, he overpowered the Chunichi lineup. He finished three innings in the first, second, and third innings with three batters in a row. In the 4th inning, up to 2 outs, 11 batters were hit in a row.

After two deaths in the 4th inning, the first runner was sent out. A heavy hit by Ishikawa Takaya in the 4th put the runners on 2nd, 1st and 2nd bases and in scoring position. He broke through the crisis by striking out. Against left-handed hitter Shingo Usami, who was number 5, he threw a low-course cut fastball at full count, resulting in a missed swing.

He gave up consecutive hits after two deaths in the fifth inning. The second company, first and third base crises were easily overcome. Induction of No. 1 Yuki Okabayashi with an infield grounder ended the inning. The changeup thrown to the outside high course worked.

He gave up an infield hit to lead batter Yohei Oshima in the sixth inning. He showed his strength by striking out all of the opponent’s 2nd to 4th batters on first base without a hit.

Biuer treated the 7th inning as a tripartite offense and passed the mound to the bullpen. He struck out 10 in 108 pitches, with no walks and one on four pitches.

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Bauer recorded 4 hits and no runs by throwing 123 pitches until the 10th overtime in the Hiroshima Carp game on the 3rd, but did not become a winning pitcher. The game ended in a 0-0 draw in the 12th inning of overtime.

Yokohama, whose batting line exploded from the beginning, won 8-2. Hitter 4 Shugo Maki swung a hard hit with 3 hits and 3 RBIs.

It gets stronger as the season progresses. He threw 7 or more innings in all of the last 5 games, and recorded a quality start plus (7 or more starting innings, 3 earned runs or less) in 4 consecutive games. In June, he won 4 games and was named MVP of the Month.

Bauer recorded 19 consecutive scoreless innings after giving up one run in the fifth inning against Chunichi on July 27. On this day, he pitched in 15 games before Chunichi, recording 8 wins and 3 losses with an ERA of 2.75.스포츠토토

Bauer is a top pitcher with a career record of 83 wins and 69 losses and an ERA of 3.79 in the major leagues. In 2020, when the season was shortened due to Corona 19, he played in 11 games for the Cincinnati Reds, going 5-4 and -1.73.

Right-hander Bauer, a Cy Young Award winner from Yokohama. Photo source = Yokohama Baystars SNS
and won the National League Cy Young Award. Two of the five wins were shutouts.

He chose to advance to Japanese professional baseball when it became difficult for him to play in the major leagues due to his personal life issues, including allegations of sexual assault.