hitless again
WBC (World Baseball Classic) ‘RBI King’ Masataka Yoshida (30)’s sluggish batting is serious. Yoshida started as the designated hitter number 4 against the Minnesota Twins at Fanway Park in Boston on the 19th (Korean time). He took charge of No. 4 two days in a row, but did not show his presence as a main hitter. He went hitless in five consecutive at-bats with no walks.
His first at-bat in the first inning was disappointing.
Boston took the lead with a double hit by Alex Verdugo in the right field and a timely hit by Raphael Devers in the second. 1-0. Then, No. 3 Justin Turner hit the infield on the third base side, and the opponent's bad throw created a chance for second and third base safely. 'Oriental medicine' could bring the early flow.
Yoshida backed off with a grounder from second base. Boston blew up an extra run opportunity as two subsequent batters struck out in a row.
In the second at-bat in the 3rd inning as the lead batter, he was out with a fly ball to the center fielder and 무료스포츠중계 a straight hit to the left fielder on first base in the 5th inning. In the 7th inning, he recorded a shortstop grounder at 2nd and 3rd base, and in the last at-bat in the 9th inning, he was out with a 3rd baseman grounder.
On the 11th, the hit went missing after hitting a left-handed hit in the first at-bat before the Tampa Bay race. He took four games off due to a hamstring injury midway through, and his hitting slump deepened after his return. From the Los Angeles Angels game on the 17th to the Minnesota game that day, he was hitless in 11 at-bats in three games.
He is 1-for-20 with a batting average of 5 in his last six games.
Yoshida struck out on a swing in the first major league matchup against Shohei Ohtani (29, LA website Angels), who appeared as a starting pitcher the previous day (18th). Including his days in Nippon Professional Baseball, Ohtani is hitless in six at-bats.