{"id":433078,"date":"2022-04-17T17:52:48","date_gmt":"2022-04-17T14:52:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/roki-sasaki-coming-off-perfect-game-pulled-after-8-perfect-innings\/"},"modified":"2022-04-17T17:52:48","modified_gmt":"2022-04-17T14:52:48","slug":"roki-sasaki-coming-off-perfect-game-pulled-after-8-perfect-innings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/roki-sasaki-coming-off-perfect-game-pulled-after-8-perfect-innings\/","title":{"rendered":"#Roki Sasaki, coming off perfect game, pulled after 8 perfect innings"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3c526c15660\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3c526c15660\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/roki-sasaki-coming-off-perfect-game-pulled-after-8-perfect-innings\/#%E2%80%9CRoki_Sasaki_coming_off_perfect_game_pulled_after_8_perfect_innings%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Roki Sasaki, coming off perfect game, pulled after 8 perfect innings&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CRoki_Sasaki_coming_off_perfect_game_pulled_after_8_perfect_innings%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Roki Sasaki, coming off perfect game, pulled after 8 perfect innings&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<p>Four days after Clayton Kershaw being pulled following seven perfect innings caused an uproar, a 20-year-old Japanese phenom who pitched a perfect <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">game<\/a> in his last start was removed after pitching eight perfect innings.<\/p>\n<p>Roki Sasaki, who struck out 19 while achieving perfection in his previous outing, struck out 14 on Sunday while incredibly pitching another eight perfect innings. But his day ended with a 101 mph fastball for his final strikeout at the end of the eighth, as he was pulled after 102 pitches with his Chiba Lotte Marines and the Nippon-Ham Fighters tied 0-0. The Fighters ultimately won 1-0 in 10 innings.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"704\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/Roki-Sasaki-8-perfect-innings.jpg?w=704\" alt=\"Roki Sasaki\" class=\"wp-image-21933763\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/Roki-Sasaki-8-perfect-innings.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1056 1056w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/Roki-Sasaki-8-perfect-innings.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=704 704w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/Roki-Sasaki-8-perfect-innings.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=352 352w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/Roki-Sasaki-8-perfect-innings.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 704px) 100vw, 704px\"\/><figcaption>Roki Sasaki pitching against the Nppon-Ham Fighters on April 17, 2022.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Kyodo <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">News<\/a>\/Sipa USA<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/Roki-Sasaki-perfect-game.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Roki Sasaki\" class=\"wp-image-21933767\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/Roki-Sasaki-perfect-game.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/Roki-Sasaki-perfect-game.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/Roki-Sasaki-perfect-game.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Roki Sasaki after pitching his perfect game on April 10, 2022.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Sasaki, whose perfect game last week was the first in Nippon Professional Baseball since 1994, has 56 strikeouts against only two walks in 31 innings this season.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis was so exciting, I don\u2019t have words,\u201d the Fighters\u2019 Chusei Mannami, who hit the winning homer in the 10th inning, said of Sasaki, according to <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.japantimes.co.jp\/sports\/2022\/04\/17\/baseball\/japanese-baseball\/sasaki-marines-fighters\/\">The Japan Times<\/a>. \u201cOur guys just hung in there, and we kept saying on the bench let\u2019s get something going.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[Sasaki] is just too tough. The way that forkball drops? Forget about it.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"embed-wrapper twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Roki Sasaki is being pulled after 8 perfect innings.  Naoya Masuda is coming in, he posted a 2.24 ERA in 64 innings last season.  Sasaki has retired 52 straight batters and counting, we&#8217;ll see how far that streak continues next week.  Here&#8217;s Sasaki&#8217;s last strikeout from the day. <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hFmXnRa8h4\">pic.twitter.com\/hFmXnRa8h4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kyle Kishimoto (@kylemoto10) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kylemoto10\/status\/1515589823884836868?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 17, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Sasaki\u2019s latest display of dominance will likely create even more intrigue among MLB teams interested in him. Last season for Chiba Lotte, Sasaki had a 1.84 ERA with 87 strikeouts in 83 1\/3 innings.\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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