Eri Yoshida made her debut start for the Koa Ikaika Maui on the 9th against the Edmonton Capitals and allowed just 1 run over 5 innings of work.  Yoshida got the win as Maui beat Edmonton 4-1.

Final line: 5 IP, 19 BF, 81-43 NP-S, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 3 BB, 1 SO.

* about 80% of her pitches were knuckleballs

Inning-by-inning:

1st inning - 1 hit, 0 runs

walk, single, fielder's choice, caught stealing, walk, caught stealing

2nd inning - 2 hits, 0 runs

walk, single, fly out to first, single, double play

3rd inning - 0 hits, 0 runs

ground out to second, strikeout swinging, fly out to left

4th inning - 1 hit, 1 run

double, fly out to right, sac fly to left, fly out to short

5th inning - 0 hits, 0 runs

fly out to third, ground out to second, fly out to short.

Incidentally, former Rakuten Eagle Todd Linden went 0-for-3 with a walk and strikeout in the game for the Capitals.

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