7/31/2012: Ichiro Suzuki, Daisuke Matsuzaka, Hisashi Iwakuma
by Gen on Jul.31, 2012 @ 3:32 pm, under MLB
Games from July 30:
Baltimore Orioles 5 - New York Yankees 1
Ichiro Suzuki (NYY) started in right and batted eighth. He went 1-for-4: fly out to left, fly out to center, solo homer (5) to right, ground out to short (reaches on force; stole second). His home run in the bottom of the 7th was also the 100th of his MLB career. [Nikkan Sports, Nikkan Sports, Nikkan Sports, Daily Sports, Daily Sports, Sponichi, Sponichi]
Arizona Diamondbacks 7 - Los Angeles Dodgers 2
Takashi Saito (ARI) entered the game in the bottom of the 8th, with the Diamondbacks up 7-1, and allowed a run over an inning of work. Final line: 1 IP, 13-8 NP-S, 5 BF, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 0 SO, 0 HR. [Nikkan Sports, Nikkan Sports, Daily Sports]
Milwaukee Brewers 8 - Houston Astros 7
Norichika Aoki (MIL) started in right and batted first. He went 1-for-5: pop out to short in foul territory, line out to short, fly out to right, RBI single to left (run scored), ground out to second. [Nikkan Sports, Nikkan Sports, Daily Sports]
Seattle Mariners 4 - Toronto Blue Jays 1
Hisashi Iwakuma (SEA) started the game and allowed one run over eight innings of work. He got the win and evened his record to 2-2. Final line: 8 IP, 109-77 NP-S, 31 BF, 4 H,1 R, 1 ER, 3 BB, 13 SO, 1 HR. [Nikkan Sports, Nikkan Sports, Sponichi, Sponichi, Daily Sports]
Scranton/WB 2 - Pawtucket 1 (AAA) [Nikkan Sports]
Kosuke Fukudome (SWB) was the starting DH and batted sixth. He went 2-for-4: strikeout swinging, strikeout swinging, RBI single to left, single to right. [Nikkan Sports, Sponichi]
Ryota Igarashi (SWB) entered the game in the top of the 9th and allowed a run over an inning of work. He also recorded his sixth save of the year. Final line: 1 IP, 17-12 NP-S, 4 BF, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 0 SO, 0 HR.
Daisuke Matsuzaka (PAW) started the game and did not allow a run over 2.1 innings of work. Final line: 2.1 IP, 47-30 NP-S, 11 BF, 4 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 3 SO, 0 HR. [Daily Sports, Sponichi]
Rochester 7 - Columbus 2 (AAA)
Tsuyoshi Nishioka (ROC) started at second and batted first. He went 2-for-5: single to left (run scored), ground out to second, single to center, fly out to right, ground out to short. [Nikkan Sports]
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Yu Darvish (TEX) kept his workouts light on Monday. He also played some catch with his left arm. Source: Nikkan Sports 7/31/2012
great to see Ichiro htiing again!
I was at the M’s game and HOT DAMN was it great to see Iwakuma turn this game in. Just tight!
Yeah, I’m really happy to see Iwakuma have a great game. I still think he’ll be a pretty solid pro – he’s already fought through a lot of changes in his career in Japan so I think it’s only a matter of time before he adjusts to the MLB game.