Video: Ichiro is one of baseball best Outfielder of all time, But he is also now a pitcher!
|Ichiro Suzuki had never thrown a pitch in his MLB career before Sunday, but that was rectified in a 7-2 loss in Philadelphia. He worked an inning. It started off pretty rocky, but he emerged with only one run allowed.
The blow by blow:
Phillies 8th
COLE GILLESPIE IN RIGHT
ICHIRO SUZUKI PITCHING:
Odubel Herrera: Ball, Herrera doubled to right.
Cameron Rupp: Ball, Ball, Rupp flied out to center, Herrera to third
DARNELL SWEENEY HIT FOR DALIER HINOJOSA.
Darnell Sweeney: Sweeney doubled to right, Herrera scored.
Freddy Galvis: Foul, Strike swinging, Ball, Galvis grounded out to second, Sweeney to third.
Aaron Altherr: Ball, Strike looking, Foul, Ball, Ball, Foul, Foul, Altherr flied out to left.
End of Inning (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors)
He mixed in some offspeed stuff. Here’s the footage:
That’s fun. He did pitch before, but that was in Japan’s NBP. Here’s some YouTube footage for those interested.
video: WATCH: Ichiro pitches first MLB inning, drops in sick offspeed pitch – CBSSports.com.