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Four runs this time. Loki Sasaki (25, LA Dodgers) is having a difficult exhibition game. Sasaki, who was disappointed with injuries and adaptation problems last season, also gave up participating in the 2026 World Baseball Classic (WBC) and prepared for the season, but he is still showing difficulties.
Sasaki started the 2026 Major League Baseball exhibition game against the Cleveland Guardians at Goodyear Ballpark in Arizona on the 4th (Korea time) and threw 45 pitches in two innings, sluggish with two hits (one home run), three walks, two strikeouts and four runs.
Sasaki, who struggled with three hits, two walks, three strikeouts and three runs in one ⅓ inning in the previous game, failed to rebound again this time.
Sasaki, who throws a fearsome fastball up to 165km/h and a nightmarish forkball to hitters to the point where he is called a "ghost fork," is just ahead of last seasonExpectations were high when he signed a contract with Juss.
But the first season was disappointing. He played only 36 ⅓ innings in 10 games, suffered injuries and moved to the bullpen in the second half. He showed impressive performance as a bullpen pitcher in fall baseball, but he prepared again as a starter ahead of the season.
I still threw a scary ball, but I couldn't catch it easily. He had a straight walk against Stephen Kwan, the first batter. The balls were all wide of the outside.
He threw a 97.7mph (157.2km) fastball to the next batter, Brian Locchio, but he drove to the center and allowed a double to center field, and the first baseman headed to third base. He then allowed Jose Ramirez to walk after a six-pitch game. The outside ball went out of control and went wide.
With the bases loaded with one out, Kyle Manjado hit a painful bases-loaded hit. At the ball count 2-2, he sprayed a fast ball on a low course outside 97.9 miles (157.6 kilometers) per hour, and Manjado's ball became a grand slam over the left fence. Sasaki, who also allowed David Fry to walk, was eventually replaced without catching any outcounts.
Changed pitcher Wyatt Crowell finished the first inning without losing a run, and Sasaki took the mound again in the bottom of the second inning. It was possible because it was an exhibition game.
Sasaki, who climbed back up, was different. He struck out with a splitter falling to Lokio, Ramirez struck out a fly ball to left field, and Manjado, who had previously allowed a home run, struck out three pitches. He deleted one inning in just 10 pitches.
Sasaki, who also took the mound in the third inning, finished the inning by catching Fry with a fly ball to right field, a grounder to second baseman George Valle, and Nolan Jones with a shortstop pop fly.
Sasaki, who threw 23 pitches in the first inning alone and failed to catch a single out count, showed a reversal that ended the next two innings with three outs in 22 pitches. It reached a maximum speed of 98.6 miles (158.7 kilometers) per hour.
The Dodgers' batters succeeded in turning the tables by adding two runs in the third inning, including Miguel Rojas' home run, and three runs in the fourth inning. After that, the game ended 5-4, and Sasaki won a somewhat awkward victory. Sasaki's performance in the exhibition game became 18.90 ERA with one win and no loss in three ⅓ innings in two games.
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