The “Korean Monster” Ryu Hyun-jin (Toroto Blue Jays) will have to wait until next game for his fourth win of the season. Despite struggling with three stolen bases for the first time in his major league career, the right-hander held the Jays to two runs in five innings, but the offense couldn’t respond.

Ryu made his 2023 Major League 카지노 Baseball debut against the Oakland Athletics on Sunday (July 7) at Lincecum Coliseum in Oakland, California, USA, throwing 77 pitches, allowing five hits (one home run), one walk, five strikeouts and two runs (two earned) in five innings. His 2.48 ERA rose slightly to 2.65.

Aside from his first start since returning from Tommy John surgery, Ryu has been pitching like a champ. Ryu was forced to leave the mound prematurely after being hit in the knee by a hard-hit ball against the Cleveland Indians on March 8, but he threw a four-inning “no-hitter” to raise expectations.

After adjusting to the major leagues in his second start, Ryu’s third game was a completely different story. Despite not getting much help from his defense against the Chicago Cubs and Cincinnati Reds, Ryu pitched five innings of two-run (non-hit) ball to complete a two-game winning streak, and then bounced back against the Cleveland Indians to complete a three-game winning streak.

If there was a downer, it was his last start. Hyun-jin Ryu took the mound at Coors Field for his fourth straight five-inning, two-run outing in his major league debut, and while he left with the game-winning run with the help of his offense, a bullpen firestorm prevented him from getting the win. The only consolation is that Toronto has now won five straight games in which he has pitched since his first start.

Coming off a no-decision in his most recent start, Hyun-jin Ryu will take the mound against Oakland, who are in last place in the American League West and have the worst winning percentage of all 30 major league clubs. He was paired with “newcomer” Tyler Haneyman after his “best friend” Danny Jansen went down with an injury, but he threw five innings of two-run ball for the fifth straight game. However, he was unable to string together two straight wins.

It was an uneventful start. Ryu started the game by working a favorable 0B-2S count against leadoff hitter Zack Gelbrecht in the first inning, then induced a fly ball with a three-pitch changeup. He then faced Brent Rooker and got him to ground out to first base on a five-pitch 90.7 mph four-seam fastball in the strike zone for a “rookie strikeout” and induced Ryan Noda to ground out to first base for a triple play.

Despite being one of the biggest underdogs in the majors, the Oakland offense was caught off guard by Ryu’s pitching. With the bases loaded and one out in the bottom of the second, Ryu battled leadoff hitter Jordan Diaz for six pitches and struck him out again with a 90.4 mph fastball, then cruised with a cutter and changeup to get both Carlos Perez and Kevin Smith to ground out.

The umpire, who had been very accurate in calling the strike zone in the first two innings, began to call balls that straddled the “borderline” in the third inning, leaving Ryu scratching his head. But there was no crisis. After getting Jonah Blythe to ground out to shortstop to lead off the third, Ryu gave up the first hit of the game to Nick Allen on a 67.6 mph (108.8 km/h) curveball to right field. But he got Esteemed Lewis to fly out to right field and then threw a cutter for a wild pitch to end the inning.

Ryu Hyun-jin celebrates his two-run homer off Carlos Lopez./Getty Images Korea

After pitching a scoreless inning, Ryu got into trouble in the fourth inning. To start the inning, Ryu was hit by a changeup from Rooker and doubled to center field for the first run of the game. Here, first baseman Guerrero Jr. put pressure on Ryu’s shoulders. Ryu induced a grounder to Noda at first base, where Guerrero Jr. caught the ball and made a quick play to throw out the runner at third. He then got Diaz to fly out to right field for the final out of the inning. The trouble came later.

Ryu faced Perez on the next two pitches and gave up a two-run homer to the left side of the plate on a five-pitch fastball low to the body at 2B-2S. His fifth homer of the season. No further runs were scored, but this is where Ryu’s pitch count spiked. Ryu got Smith to ground out to shortstop to end the inning, but the call was overturned after video review, allowing an infield single. He then gave up a walk to Bride to put runners on first and second, but got Allen to ground out to shortstop to end the inning.

Trailing 1-2 in the fifth, Ryu started the inning with a leadoff single to Lewis, who then stole second, giving up his first two stolen bases of his major league career. Ryu got out of the jam by striking out both Geloff and Rooker, but once again, Lewis stole third base for his third stolen base of the day.

But no runs were scored. Ryu then battled Noda to a six-pitch count at second and third, and he was able to get a curveball to fly out to right field for the final out of the fifth inning. But the Toronto offense, which usually explodes in Ryu’s presence, was silent, and he was forced to leave the game in a losing effort.