Imanaga started the game against the San Francisco Giants at Oracle Park in San Francisco, California on the 28th (Korea Standard Time) and allowed five hits, two walks, three strikeouts and three runs in six innings. 메이저사이트
After starting the game with three outs in the bottom of the first inning, Imanaga walked leadoff hitter Matt Chapman in the second inning, but Jorge Soler was caught with a fly ball to the center field, and Luis Matos struck out. Tyro Estrada grounded out to the third base to end the inning.
With the Cubs leading 3-0 in the third inning, Nick Ahmed, the leadoff hitter, walked, and was on the verge of losing the first and second bases with no outs. Austin Slater hit a ground ball to the third base, and the second baseman was out at the third base. Heliot Ramos struck out swinging, and Wilmer Flores caught a fly ball to the second base to escape the crisis without allowing a run.
Imana, who had three outs in succession in the fourth and fifth innings, had a hit by the leadoff hitter Slater in the sixth inning. After taking a breather after catching both Ramos and Flores with fly balls, Imana got a hit by Chapman and gave up her first run of the game on the day by hitting an RBI double by Soler. Imana, who gave up one more run on a wild pitch, ended up allowing Matos to tie the game 3-3. In the seventh inning, he was replaced by Luke Rittell. The Cubs won the game 5-3 after extra time.
Imanaga threw 93 pitches on the day. He threw four-seam (66 pitches), splitter (19 pitches), sweeper (6 pitches) and curveball (2 pitches), and his maximum four-seam speed was 94.6 miles (152.2 kilometers). The ratio of swing and miss of the splitter stood at 29 percent.
Imana, who recorded 64 wins, 50 losses and four holds with an ERA of 3.18 in 165 games (1002 ⅔ innings) in the eight seasons (2016-2023), is one of Japan’s veteran left-handers. She signed a four-year, 53 million-dollar contract with the Cubs this season to successfully advance to the Major League. She showed overwhelming pitching in the early days of the season and won the Rookie of the Year award in the National League in April, showing good performance.
However, he seems to be struggling greatly in June. Imanaga, who began to falter after losing four ⅓ innings against Milwaukee on the 30th of last month, had only two wins, one loss and a 5.67 ERA in five games (27 innings) in June. On the 22nd, he had his worst pitching since his Major League debut with 11 hits (three homers) and one walk, three strikeouts and 10 runs loss against the Mets. He had a quality start in the game on the day, but posted seven wins and two losses and an ERA of 3.07 in 15 games (85 innings), raising his ERA, which had been lowered to 0.84 on the 19th of last month.