Five innings against the Chicago Cubs... 76th win in Major League Baseball
Ryu Hyun-jin Toronto Blue Jays is struggling against the Chicago Cubs on the 14th
"Korean Monster" Ryu Hyun-jin Toronto Blue Jays, who returned from injury, finally returned and won his first victory.
Ryu Hyun-jin started in a home game against the Chicago Cubs in the 2023 U.S. Major League Baseball at Rogers Center in Toronto, Ontario, Canada on the 14th, giving only two hits and walks in five innings and pitching hard with two runs.
Ryu Hyun-jin virtually blocked the Chicago lineup without losing a point as the loss was also recorded as an involuntary point due to a defense error.
Ryu Hyun-jin, who came down from the mound in the sixth inning with an 8-2 lead, won the game again in 444 days since May 27 last year against the Los Angeles Angels six hits and two runs in five innings as Toronto won 11-4. This is Ryu Hyun-jin's 76th win 46 losses and 1 save in Major League Baseball.
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The departure was unfortunate. In the top of the first inning, he struck out leadoff hitter Christopher Morel, allowed Nico Horner a walk after a neck-and-neck race to seven pitches, and seemed to catch Ian Hep with an infield grounder, but faced a crisis of one out and runners on first and second base.
When he was with the Los Angeles Dodgers, he took a breather by treating his teammate and Chicago's leading hitter Cody Bellinger with a fly ball to left field, but he threw a fastball to Dancebee Swanson and was hit by a two-run double that penetrated the side of the third baseman.
In the first inning alone, he started with 31 pitches, but Ryu Hyun-jin's crisis was no longer there. Ryu Hyun-jin, who took the mound in the second inning, neatly blocked it with a three-way exit.
In the third inning, there was also luck that leadoff hitter Morel's well-hit hit ball flew straight to left field. Horner's missed ball also had bad luck falling in front of the center fielder, but Toronto catcher Danny Jansen helped Ryu Hyun-jin by catching Horner, who was trying to steal second base, with an accurate throw.
In the fourth inning, Ryu Hyun-jin gave up a walk to Bellinger, the first batter, after a full count match. However, he caught Swanson and Suzuki Seiya with consecutive fly balls and left them well.
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Ryu Hyun-jin Toronto Blue Jays pitches against the Chicago Cubs on the 14th and comes down from the mound
Ryu Hyun-jin, who also played in the fifth inning to meet the winning pitcher requirements, had a lighter shoulder thanks to the strong support of the batters, who scored eight points, and played a role as a starting pitcher by handling all three batters with ground balls and flying balls.
Toronto's batters helped Ryu Hyun-jin's first victory in the bottom of the second inning, when he was trailing 0-2, with as many as 14 hits and 11 points, including Dalton Basho's three-run reversal over the right fence.
Toronto, which desperately needs one win by running third in the American League wild card competition, escaped from its third straight loss thanks to Ryu Hyun-jin's all-out pitching.
On this day, Ryu threw 86 pitches. The average speed of fastballs was 142 kilometers per hour, which was not much different from usual, but their main weapons, changeups, cutters, and curves, showed sharp trajectories, overwhelming their opponents.
Ryu Hyun-jin, who overcame a one-year and two-month gap after undergoing elbow surgery and was hit by a knee by a ball while pitching well against the Cleveland Guardians on the 8th, has definitely returned as Toronto's ace.
The local Canadian media "Toronto Sun" praised Ryu Hyun-jin, saying, "He showed the pitch Toronto wanted very much," adding, "Now we have reached the stage of confirming his recovery from injury."
Ryu Hyun-jin also said after the game, "Since the last game against Cleveland, all the pitches have been as good as before," adding, "So I got a good result, and I think I came back to the point I wanted." 에볼루션 바카라사이트