San Diego Padres Japanese starter Darvish Yu has won 198 career games in the United States and Japan.
Darvish pitched five innings of one-hit ball with three walks and five strikeouts against the Chicago Cubs in the 2024 Major League Baseball World Series at Wrigley Field in Chicago, Illinois, on Sunday (July 7).
The score was 0-0 through five innings, but the San Diego bats broke out in the sixth, giving Darvish the win.
After giving up a leadoff double to Nico Horner, Darvish threw an 87-mile-per-hour slider on six pitches before giving up a double to left field.
With the bases loaded, Darvish got Mike Tuckman to ground out to the second baseman. He struck out Ian Happ on a wild pitch and got Christopher Morel to ground out to third to end the threat.
In the second, he got the first batter he faced, Michael Bush, on a grounder to second base and Dansby Swanson on a fly ball to left field. 안전놀이터 추천 He gave up a single up the middle to Madrigal, but was unfazed and got Crowe-Armstrong to fly out to right field to end the inning.
Darvish used a seesawing 94 mph four-seam fastball and a mix of pitches – sweeper, sinker, knuckleball, splitter and slider – to get Cubs hitters out.
After striking out the first batter he faced,
Jan Gomes, on a wild pitch in the third inning, Darvish got Hatter to fly out to third base and then gave up a single to left to Tuckman. A stolen base put him back in trouble, but he worked a two-strike, one-pitch at-bat against Happ with a sweeper and slider, then fired a seesawing 94.7-mph four-seam fastball on the fourth pitch to get him to stop.
Darvish gave up a walk to Morel, the first batter of the fourth inning. But he retired Busch and Swanson in order and induced Madrigal into an infield grounder to keep the game scoreless. He used a mix of knuckleballs, sliders, four-seamers, and sinkers to keep the Cubs offense in check.
After a scoreless fifth inning, Darvish handed the mound to Yuki Matsui in the sixth. San Diego scored six runs in the top of the sixth to give Darvish the win.
Matsui faltered. He walked the first batter he faced, Tuckman, and Happ flied out to center field. But Morel followed with a two-run homer. Matsui struck out Busch and was replaced.
Enriel de los Santos came on after Matsui to close out the sixth and gave up a solo home run to Gomes in the seventh.
No further runs were allowed.
The team held on to the three-run lead until the end, and Darvish finished his career with 93 wins (38 losses) in Nippon Professional Baseball’s Nippon Ham Fighters. He broke into the big leagues in 2012 with the Texas Rangers, and through last year, 메이저 토토사이트 he has 103 career wins (86 losses) in the majors.
Darvish, who picked up his first win of the season with five scoreless innings in Cincinnati last time out, is two wins away from 200 career victories with tonight’s win over the Cubs.