Cuban Dayán Viciedo hit a home run and a single on Tuesday in two visits to the plate, as a Central League player, in the first of three duels in the 2022 All-Star Series of the japan professional baseball.
The match ended with a 3×2 scoreboard favorable to the representative of the Pacific League, in which Viciedo served as defender of the first base of the defeated cast, according to a report from the agency Latin Press (PL).
The winning team had among its representatives the Cuban Yurisbel Gracial, who went blank in two at-bats, while Liván Moinelo from Pinar del Río pitched one inning as a reliever and did not allow annotations, adds the note.
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The road team’s other score came courtesy of Maki Shugo’s sacrifice fly to open the first inning, review the website www.beisboljapones.comspecialized in following the performances of Latino players on the Japanese professional circuit.
Viciedo entered the All-Star Series, which features the best players from Japan’s main professional league, thanks to his good performance in the current campaign with the Chunichi Dragons team. In the first half of the tournament, the Cuban has hit eight homers among his 71 hits, in addition to driving in 35 runs and exhibiting an offensive average of .273.
For his part, Gracial has been one of the main figures of the SoftBank Falcons, as he bats for .298 offensive average, thanks to his 73 hits, including nine doubles, two triples and five home runs, according to the statistics from the official website of the Japan Professional League (NPB).
Meanwhile, Moinelo has ratified this year as one of the most reliable relievers on the circuit. In more than 30 innings of action, the SoftBank pitcher shows an extraordinary ERA of 0.85 and, in addition, has 51 strikeouts and 14 saves.
In the first matchup of the All-Star Series, slugger Hotaka Yamakawa hit a solo shot in the bottom of the second inning to open the scoring for the winners, while Yuma Mune drove in the tying run with a single to center field in the closing of the sixth.
The Pacific’s winning run came thanks to a solo home run by Kotaro Kiyomiya in the bottom of the ninth that left the Central League team on the field.
Left-hander Yuki Matsui scored the win after allowing no hits or runs in an inning of relief, while the loss went to right-hander Masato Morishita, who gave up one run and 2 hits in 2 3/3 innings.
The second match of the series, agreed to three, will take place this Wednesday at the Botchan stadium in Matsumaya, in the Shikoku region.
