Cincinnati Reds Hunter Green (25) continued his scoreless streak in 21 consecutive innings.
Green started the game against the San Francisco Giants at Great American Ballpark in Cincinnati, Ohio on the 4th (Korea Standard Time) and won six innings with one hit, one walk, and 11 strikeouts.
Green started the game with overwhelming pitching by striking out LaMonte Wade Jr., Heliot Ramos and Patrick Bailey in the top of the first inning, and sent out Michael Conforto with one out in the second inning. Tyler Fitzgerald struck out with a foul tip, but Mike Yastremski walked to first and second bases with two outs. Still, Green did not falter and struck out Marco Luciano with a foul tip to overcome the crisis.
Green had a clean inning with three outs and a strikeout in the third inning, but struck out Fitzgerald with two outs in the fourth inning. He allowed three outs in the fifth and sixth innings, respectively. Green handed over the mound to Justin Wilson in the seventh inning when Cincinnati was leading 6-0, and ended the game. Cincinnati’s bullpen allowed four runs but won the game 6-4.
Green threw 100 pitches. He threw four-seam (53 pitches), slider (36 pitches) and splitter (11 pitches), and the maximum speed of his four-seam speed reached 99.7 miles (160.5 kilometers). Sliders (61 percent) and splitters (50 percent) both had swing and miss ratios of over 50 percent. Due to Green’s overwhelming pitching, San Francisco hitters retreated like a falling leaf.
The Major League’s official media MLB.com said, “Hunter Green is not interested in personal performance. He also doesn’t look for historical records. However, it is hard to ignore when Johnnie Vander Meer has done something that no one has done since his successive no-hitter runs in 1938,” highlighting Green’s overwhelming pitching.
Hunter Green, who joined Cincinnati as a first-round pick (2nd pick) of the 2017 rookie draft, made his big league debut in 2022, but he was a bit disappointed with his 9-20 record over the past two years. However, he finally showed his full potential this season by recording 8-4 with a 2.83 ERA in 22 games (130 ⅓ innings). 토토사이트
MLB.com said, “Green has not allowed a run since the 12th of last month. He also has one run or fewer in his last six starts, which is the first time in Cincinnati’s history since Vander Meer, who did not allow a run from May 28 to June 20, 1938. At the time, Vander Meer achieved back-to-back no-hitter,” highlighting Green’s remarkable pitching.
“I don’t pay too much attention to records like that,” said Green, who joked, “What’s the secret to doing that? Baseball is a sport that needs to be really humble. Anything can happen at any time. I honestly like to take a step back and see how the game was today. Obviously, I pitched well today.”
Two more scoreless innings will tie Sonny Gray’s record of 23 consecutive scoreless innings in 2019. It is Cincinnati’s longest scoreless inning since J.J. Hoover, a relief pitcher who went 26 ⅓ in a row in 2013. Green said, “The scoreless innings will not stop. I’m trying to get the out count throughout the game and trying to find a better way. That’s what I focus on and that’s my mindset. I’m looking for ways to get better,” vowing to perform better the rest of the season.