Tsuyoshi Wada (43) of the SoftBank Hawks of Nippon Professional Baseball recorded his first win of the season.
Tsuyoshi started the game against the Nippon Ham Fighters at Mizuho PayPay Dome Fukuoka in Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan, on April 6, allowing four runs on eight hits with one walk and five strikeouts in five innings. Hotaka Yamakawa hit back-to-back home runs to lead SoftBank to a 9-4 victory.
Tsuyoshi, who made his first-team debut with SoftBank in 2003, is a left-handed veteran with a career record of 159-87 with a 3.19 ERA in 321 games (2078⅓ innings) in Nippon Professional Baseball. In 2014 and 2015, 카지노사이트 Tsuyoshi also performed well in the major leagues, going 5-5 with a 3.36 ERA in 21 games (101⅔ innings) for the Chicago Cubs.
Tsuyoshi, who was designated for assignment last winter as free agent compensation for Yamakawa before being rescinded, hadn’t pitched with the first team until this game. With the win in his first start, Tsuyoshi broke the franchise record for oldest victory (42 years, 7 months), which he set last year, at 43 years, 2 months. His 21 career wins in his 40s also moved him into a tie for fourth place on the all-time list.
“Nippon Hamm fell to 4-9 against SoftBank,” said Japanese media outlet Sporicianex.
The gap to the leaders widened to 3.5 games. Despite catching up to SoftBank twice, starter Kouki Kitayama was charged with six runs and the Nippon Ham bats were unable to get any runs off the SoftBank bullpen,” said a report on the game. SoftBank leads the league with 20 wins, two ties, nine losses and a .690 winning percentage, while NipponHam is second with 16 wins, one tie and 12 losses and a .571 winning percentage.
Nippon Ham head coach Tsuyoshi Shinjo said, “It was a very enjoyable game, going down, coming back, taking the lead, catching up. It’s a pity we couldn’t hold on a little longer, because we could have shown a fun match in the last match of the Golden Week.”
On Tsuyoshi Wada making his first start of the season at the age of 43 and getting his first win of the season, Shinjo Tsuyoshi said, “It’s really great, 메이저 토토사이트 but I got a tryout at 47. Hahahahaha,” he laughed, ”I can only say that it’s great to be playing at 43. I think I can play for another 12 years,” he said, lavishing praise on the opposing pitcher.
Tsuyoshi Wada, currently 43 years old, will be 55 if he plays for another 12 years. “I hope he can do it with that kind of mindset,” said Shinjo Tsuyoshi.