vs Orix Buffalos @Fukuoka Paypay, Hawks was beaten by 3-6 on the night game of August 12.
Starting pitcher Sugiyama - how many times have we seen him not able to throw strikes? After giving Nakagawa walk, Sugiyama, not able to throw strike, had no way but throwing only fourseam and only to the middle of strike zone. Masataka Yoshida did not miss this, and hit a homerun. Sugiyama gave 2 home runs to Yoshida and 6 walks in 4.1 inning. No more Sugiyama please. Hawks needs to have a starting pitcher who can throw strikes. This is a disappointing loss for Hawks who just had 3 straight wins over Lotte Marines, and was only 0.5 game to Seibu Lions.
Tomorrow, Shota Takeda will start, and hope he will do a decent job at least for 5 innings (hopefully 6 innings).
