Ichiro Suzuki (51), a Japanese baseball legend who has reached the same age as his No. 51 when he was a player, has continued to show off his thoroughness this year. He is the starting pitcher of Kobe Jiben, the team that he is the owner and manager of.
Ichiro, dubbed the “hitting machine” with 3,089 hits in the U.S. Major League Baseball (MLB), played as a starting pitcher and No. 1 hitter in a game against the women’s high school baseball starting team at Tokyo Dome, Japan, on the 23rd, leading to a 17-3 victory. 토토사이트
Held once a year since 2021, the event is a friendly match, but it has garnered a lot of attention in Japan. It will be held at the Tokyo Dome, the home ground for the Yomiuri Giants of Japan’s pro baseball league, and will be broadcast live throughout the country through terrestrial TV.
It is a game against female high school students, but Ichiro is also famous for playing with all his might. Ichiro led the team to a 1-0 victory in 2021 with nine shutouts, and allowed one run in nine innings in 2022. He also won the game 4-0 last year with nine shutouts.
Unlike the past three years, Ichiro started the game by giving up three runs in the first inning. However, he regained his physical condition immediately and did not give up any additional points until the ninth inning. Ichiro’s final performance on the day was a complete victory by allowing 10 hits, 10 strikeouts, and three runs in nine innings. He pitched 141 pitches, and the maximum speed of his fastballs was 138 kilometers per hour. At bat, he had four hits and scored four runs.
Hideki Matsui (50) and Daisuke Matsuzaka (44), big guns who also played in the MLB, participated in the game together in Kobe Ziben uniforms. Matsui, the fourth batter and center fielder, also hit a three-run home run over the right fence in the eighth inning. Japanese media reported that “Ichiro hit Matsui with a big smile as he hit the homer.”