Shota Imanaga of the Chicago Cubs threw a quality start (less than three earned runs in six innings) with 86 pitches, six hits (two homers), one walk, eight strikeouts, and three runs (three earned) during six innings of the 2024 Major League held at Wrigley Field in Chicago, Illinois, on the 4th (Korea time), but failed to reach the victory without the help of the batters.토토사이트

Imanaga surprised the Major League at the beginning of this season. Imanaga left 64-50 with a 3.18 ERA with four holds in 165 games, including a "no-hitter" when he was with the Yokohama DeNA BayStars, but the word "power" seemed to suit him best in the Major League earlier this year. Imanaga pitched a scoreless pitch against the Kololado Rockies with four wins and an ERA of 0.98 in five games during the month of April, including nine strikeouts in six innings in his first appearance.

Imanaga was honored as the "Rookie of the Month" based on his excellent start, and continued his good trend in May. In particular, Imanaga's performance was only five wins, no losses, and an ERA of 0.84, at the end of his ninth appearance. High fastballs, which draw batters' swings and misses based on more than 150 kilometers of speed, were a completely different pattern from Imanaga's pitching in Japan, but they were enough to cook big league hitters, and Imanaga's every appearance was linked to major league history.

Of course, he didn't just walk on the flower path. Imanaga suffered once when he collapsed by allowing seven runs (seven earned runs) in four ⅓ innings against the Milwaukee Brewers on April 30, but he also left a regret by allowing five runs (one earned run) in four ⅓ innings against the Chicago White Sox. Since then, Imanaga has again fired a signal of revival against the Cincinnati Reds and St. Louis Cardinals, which was a nightmare of a showdown with the New York Mets on June 22. It was also a "worst" stain on Imanaga's career.

Imana, who faced the Mets for the second time in three innings, hesitated to give 10 runs (10 earned runs), allowing 11 hits including two homers. It was the first time in Imana's career that he gave up 10 runs against the Mets. Notably, Imana's ERA rose vertically from 1.89 to 2.96, and this one appearance completely pushed Imana out of the race for the Rookie of the Year award and the Cy Young Award. At this point, the candidate for the Rookie of the Year award in the National League is Paul Skins (Pittsburgh Pirates).

Despite this, Imana successfully recovered from the nightmare. Imana did not have a chance to win the game against the San Francisco Giants on April 28, but had a quality start by allowing five hits, two walks, three strikeouts, and three earned runs (three earned) during six innings. Imana then opened her mouth after the game. "I had to study more," Imana said. "After the 10-run game, I was very anxious. I had a lot of sleepless nights. Through my previous appearance, I realized that the Major League is not easy enough to beat the opponent team's batters by controlling the level of performance."

"Why would I want to throw at 80 percent of the strength if I didn't accomplish anything in the major leagues? I was overconfident in my own power," Imana continued, whipping at himself. "Craig Counsell said in camp, 'Even if you get hit, you can stand up. Being hit isn't bad. After that, it's important to get back on your feet.' It's been a pretty tough week because I got hit so many times in my last outing, but I hope someone sees me try to stand up." And the pitch for the second straight game wasn't bad.

Imanaga started the inning by giving up a walk to the leadoff batter from the start of the first inning, but after striking out two to get off to a scoreless start, Imanaga cooked the Philadelphia lineup with a double play despite a leadoff hit in the second inning. Imanaga recorded his first run in the third inning when he hit a solo home run by Raphael Martzen, but he struck out Johan Rojas, Bryson Statt and Trey Turner to create a "KKK" inning. He also met the requirements by tying up the Philadelphia batters without losing a point in the fourth and fifth innings.

Like the previous game, the most regrettable scene was in the sixth inning. Imana recorded an additional run in the sixth inning while cruising against San Francisco, and after receiving a hit from Turner in the top of the sixth inning, he allowed Alec Bohm to hit a come-from-behind two-run homer, which was not a requirement for victory, and he went down the mound in a loss. Still, as the batters gained strength in the second half of the game, they balanced the game 3-3, and Imana was satisfied with getting out of the loss crisis with a quality start.

Just as he did after the game against San Francisco, Imanaga had time to reflect on himself. According to Japanese media "Sports Hochi," Imanaga said, "When you look at the Philadelphia lineup, there are a lot of great players. I just focused on producing the best performance without thinking about unnecessary things. Due to the high number of hard hits today, the three-point game ended well. It was a close development, which was not strange even if the team gave up six to seven points. "There were good and bad pitches today. These are the balls that we have to throw in the real game from now on. What's good in the bullpen is just self-satisfaction," Imanaga calmly reflected on his pitching.

Prior to this season, Imana faced off against Zack Wheeler, who has 96 wins in the Major League including a three-year, 126 million-dollar extension contract with Philadelphia Phillies, and showed off his pitching capability that is consistent with those of the top-level players in the big league. However, Imana said, "I thought it was the opposite of me. I made no mistake in control. I pressured the batter as if it were a given even in a difficult situation.