Ryu Hyun-jin (36-Toronto Blue Jays) recorded his first quality start of the season against the hard-hitting Texas Rangers .The right-hander allowed three runs (three earned) on five hits (one home run) with one walk and five strikeouts over six innings in the 2023 Major League Baseball (MLB) World Series home opener against Texas at Rogers Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on Wednesday. His ERA increased slightly from 2.65 to 2.93.This is the first time Ryu has pitched more than six innings since the 2nd of last month, when he returned from left elbow ligament splicing surgery (Tommy John surgery).Ryu was stellar early in the game, using his trademark fastball to get through the first three innings without issuing a walk. However, Ryu gave up a run in the fourth inning on a hit batter .The Texas hitters attacked him with early pitches, and he was unable to overcome them .With the score tied at 0-0 in the top of the fourth, Ryu gave up a leadoff single to Corey Seager and then a two-run homer to left field to Robbie Grossman. Both were first-pitch strikes .Trailing 2-0 in the sixth, they added another run. He gave up a leadoff double to Seager and a single to Mitch Garber to put runners on first and third, then gave up a sacrifice fly to right field to Jonah Heim to make it 0-3.He was replaced by reliever Yimi Garcia in the top of the seventh, and the silence from the bats created a bullpen requirement. Toronto is down 0-3 in the seventh inning and if the game ends, Ryu will take his third loss of the season. Ryu threw 82 pitches on the day. His fastball (25) topped out at 90.6 mph (145.8 km/h) and averaged 88.9 mph (143.1 km/h). 온라인카지노 He also threw a mix of changeups (18), cut fastballs (18), curves (16), and sinking fastballs (5).
