San Diego Padres pitcher Darvish Yu has earned his 100th major league win 메이저사이트.
Darvish started the game against the Colorado Rockies at Coors Field in Denver, Colorado, on Tuesday, allowing four runs on five hits with four walks and six strikeouts in 5 1/3 innings. Picked up his fifth win of the season to reach the 100-win plateau.
Darvish, who has struggled a bit this season with a 5-4 record and a 4.30 ERA in 12 games (69 innings), got some help from his offense at Coors Field, the graveyard of pitchers. Darvish threw 100 pitches, including a sinker (26), slider (22), cutter (18), four-seam (13), sweeper (10), splitter (8), knuckleball (2), and curve (1). His fastball topped out at 97 miles per hour (156.1 km/h).
“On this night, the Padres were able to put their early-season struggles behind them,” said MLB.com, the official site of Major League Baseball. Five different batters hit home runs and the veteran Darvish earned his 100th career victory in the Padres’ 9-6 win.”
On reaching 100 wins, Darvish said, “It means a lot. It means a lot to me that I’ve been able to fight alongside my teammates for all these wins,” said Darvish on reaching the milestone.
Head coach Bob Melvin said, “It’s fantastic. It’s a nice little feather. He has a lot of feathers in his cap, but 100 wins is a cooler number for a pitcher who pitched a lot in Japan. He’s a great pitcher in both the U.S. and Japan. I know he’s not going to stop at 100 wins,” he said, congratulating Darvish on his 100th win.
Only three Asian pitchers have won 100 games in Major League Baseball. Darvish is the third Asian pitcher to reach 100 wins, joining Chan Ho Park (124), who holds the record for most wins by an Asian pitcher, and Hideo Nomo (123), who is considered one of the best pitchers in Japan.