Tazawa is done after 5
Junichi Tazawa's professional debut is over after five innings, in the Portland Sea Dogs' season-opener Thursday night.
Tazawa allowed four hits, 1 run, 1 walk and 1 hit-batter, while striking out 7. He threw 66 pitches, 44 for strikes.
Tazawa, who hit 93 m.p.h. with his fastball, mixed in some effective curves and sliders.
Connecticut got its run in the fourth on a one-out walk, and a two-out RBI double by Brett Pill.
Tazawa's most impressive inning was the fifth. He gave up a leadoff, opposite-field triple to right field, by Mike Mooney. Tazawa then struck out the next two batters and then jammed Brad Boyer into a broken-bat foul pop-up to third-baseman Jorge Jimenez.
Tazawa also got help from catcher Mark Wagner who threw out two runners trying to steal second base.
Tazawa left with Portland trailing 1-0.
Dustin Richardson has relieved Tazawa.
Posted at 07:44 PM
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