- Shohei's leadoff home run: 109.6mph exit velo, 409ft to the right-field line — plus three straight walks the rest of the way
- Yoshinobu Yamamoto's gem: just 1 hit allowed over 27 batters, 7 strikeouts, zero walks, topping out at 98mph
- Muncy's two home runs to right-center powers a 7-1 road blowout
Man, THIS is the kind of game I've been waiting for!
Hey, hey, listen up — it happened in the very first inning! Shohei, leading off, takes the first pitch, then unloads a full swing on the 94mph second pitch — KABOOM! Exit velo 109.6mph, 26-degree launch angle, 409ft of distance, drilled out toward the right-field line — an absolutely PERFECT shot!! I was cracking open a beer just minutes into the game. There's nothing in the world that feels as good as a leadoff home run, I swear.
And Shohei was untouchable the rest of the day. Second inning, fourth inning, sixth inning — walk, walk, walk, every single time. He laid off the 95mph fastballs, the knuckle curves, the sliders, even the low one-hoppers — three straight times reaching base by working the count. His eye at the plate is an absolute monster. After getting taken deep like that in the first, no wonder nobody wanted to challenge him head-on.
Yoshinobu was just... unreal
And then there's today's other star. Yoshinobu Yamamoto — this was something else. He faced 27 batters and gave up just ONE hit! 7 strikeouts, zero walks. Topping out at 98mph, sitting at 92mph on average — the hitters had absolutely nothing on him. The only blemish was a solo shot to Peters in the bottom of the ninth, but other than that it was perfect-game-level pitching. Yoshinobu was straight-up godlike today — THIS is the real him!
The lineup wouldn't stop either
The bats exploded too. In the first, right after Shohei, Muncy launched a 100.4mph shot to right-center to make it 3-0 — and he went deep AGAIN to right-center in the eighth for two homers on the day. The guy is locked in! In the third, Tucker added a run with an RBI, and in the sixth we squeezed out another, almost like a bases-loaded freebie. When the dust settled, it was a comfy 7-1 win.
Shohei smoked a 109.4mph drive to center in the seventh (44-degree launch angle — maybe a touch too high…), and in the ninth he grounded into a double play at 101.5mph, but hey, totally fine. The guy reached base in his first four plate appearances, you know?! He's completely in the zone. Keep it rolling next game too, Shohei!! Man, victory beer just hits different.
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