The Lotte Giants’ foreign-player duo made their presence felt in their first Nippon Professional Baseball game in 17 years against the Chiba Lotte Marines.
Lotte lost the game 3-7 on April 24 at Itoman Nishizaki Baseball Stadium in Okinawa, Japan. But Aaron Wilkerson pitched a two-hit shutout on the mound and newcomer Victor Reyes showed off his hot bat by going 2-for-3 with a home run, two doubles, one RBI and one run scored.
Wilkerson, who replaced Dan Straily last year, went 7-2 with a 2.26 ERA in 13 appearances on the mound. This season, he is expected to join Charlie Barnes as a foreign one-two punch.
In his first start against Chiba Lotte, 바카라사이트 he retired Fujiwara (grounder to shortstop), Ikeda (strikeout), and Ueda (grounder to second base) in order in the first inning. In the second, he induced Yamaguchi to fly out to left field and retired Yasuda and Oka on a fly to center and a grounder to third, respectively.
He threw 26 pitches.
He topped out at 144 mph on his speed gun and mixed in a variety of pitches, including a curveball, slider, changeup, and cut fastball. After two clean innings, Wilkerson turned the mound over to Nakyun-Ahn in the third.
Reyes, who started in center field at No. 3, grounded out to shortstop with the bases loaded after Yoon Dong-hee walked and Kim Min-seok singled to center. There were no second outs. He led off the fourth inning with a solo arch over the right field fence and then hit a two-run double to right field with one out in the sixth.
Reyes, a 6-foot-2, 196-pound right-handed hitting outfielder, is known for his ability to make contact and strong power production with a concise swing. He proved the club right in his first appearance in the second spring training in Okinawa.
In addition to Wilkerson,
Lotte used Na Kyun-ahn (1 inning, 1 hit (1 HR), 1 run), Jeon Mir (1 inning, 2 hits, 2 walks, 1 run), Jin Hae-soo (1 inning, no runs), and Kim Sang-soo (1 inning, 1 hit, 1 walk, 1 strikeout, no runs), Choi Jun-yong (⅓ inning, 2 hits, 1 walk, 2 runs), Kim Jin-wook (2 hits, 1 walk, 2 runs), Park Jin-hyung (⅔ inning, 1 hit, 1 walk), Koo Seung-min (1 inning, 2 hits, 1 run), and Kim Won-joong (1 inning, 1 hit, 1 walk, 1 strikeout, no runs).
Na Seung-yeop, who started at first base in the No. 7 spot, had a multi-hit game with a double to right-center in the fifth and a single to left in the ninth, while Kim Min-seok, Hwang Sung-bin and Han Dong-hee also had hits.
Lotte will send “Glasses Ace” Park Se-woong to the mound in the second game of the series against Chiba Lotte on May 25. 사설 토토사이트 Chiba Lotte will counter with Roki Sasaki, who throws a fastball in the 160-kilometer range.
“With the full support of the group, the club plans to regularize exchanges with Chiba Lotte in the future to take full advantage of the benefits of a sibling club,” said Park Jun-hyuk. “In addition to exchanges, we will continue to communicate with players and coaches to share various know-how.”