Sasaki Roki obtained his first victory in the major baseball league after seven departures with the Dodgers of Los Angelesmake the decision in 10-3 on Saturday victory on Braves of Atlanta.
Sasaki, 23, had to wait a while to win this first victory due to a three -hour rain delay at the Atlanta Trista Park. However, the long delay – and knowing that MLB intended to play the game – apparently helped him relax before taking the mound.
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“I had a large part of the routine that I wanted to finish, because I heard that when the game begins, it will suddenly happen. I was ready for this,” said Sasaki through the interpreter Will Ireton.
Sasaki did not launch a first clean round, allowing a single of Austin Riley And a walk Matt Olson. However, he escaped without abandoning a race, thanks to the strike Marcell Ozuna And Sean Murphy.
Stop withdrawals were a problem for Sasakiwhich can reach 100 MPH with its quick ball. But he has not done it regularly so far with the dodgers because of the difficulties of control when he throws so hard. More worrying is the lack of movement on this rapid ball, which led to some swings and failed. On Saturday, the first two sasaki stick withdrawals were called third strikes.
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“It is not a form that will generate a lot of swing and miss,” said Dodgers launch coach Mark Prior, said, said via the Fabian Ardaya from athletics. “On anyone. We know it. But he tries to manage effectively as best he can. ”
Sasaki finished with four stick withdraws – getting on and off Riley, while grabbing that Ozuna looks again in the third round – corresponding to his best total that he has reached four times this season. He launched a summit of 98 throws, 56 of them for strikes.
Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said he was thinking of shooting Sasaki after the fourth round when he was 85 throws. He abandoned three strokes in the context, including Ozzie Albies“Fifth Homer of the season. But with a four -point lead, Roberts saw the opportunity for his recruit launcher to win his first victory in the major league. And Sasaki followed with a fifth round 1-2-3.
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“I do not always make decisions on the victories of the launchers, but I thought that in this situation, I wanted to give him all the opportunities,” said Roberts after the match, via mlb.com.
Sasaki had this four -point lead, thanks in part to the eighth circuit of Shohei Ohtani from the year to the third round and a fourth row fed by RBI from Mookie Betts,, Freddie Freeman,, Teoscar Hernández And Will Smith. Four readers followed with four goals aimlessly to get Sasaki this first victory, although it is always considered a work in progress.
“I'm not exactly satisfied with my quick ball quality”, ” Sasaki added. “But by mixing my other locations, as long as I order my other locations well, so I have the impression of being able to get the strikers out of major leagues.”
The Dodgers won seven consecutive games, improving their record at 23-10 and helping them to maintain A first first place advance In the National League, the West when entering the Sunday game.
