This guy's got a shot at a no-hitter today.
ダルビッシュが本来のフォームを取り戻してきました。今回の登板はもう少しでperfectoでした。恒例のワシントン監督の表現ですが、赤字はどういう意味でしょうか。元野球部のGPくんに
お願いします。（UG）
Yu tops Royals after showing perfect form early
Right-hander loses perfecto, no-no in sixth; Rangers hit five HRs
By T.R. Sullivan / MLB.com | 9/3/2012 7:03 PM ET
KANSAS CITY -- Royals manager Ned Yost, sitting next to bench coach Chino Cadahia, knew as early as the third inning that his team might be in trouble against Rangers starter Yu Darvish.
"In the third inning, I turned to Chino and said, 'Boy, this guy's got a shot at a no-hitter today,'" Yost said.
Rangers manager Ron Washington didn't offer any such prophecies, but certainly knew Darvish was at his best on a Labor Day afternoon at Kauffman Stadium.
"It was as good as I've seen his stuff," Washington said. "They couldn't do anything with his curveball, and his [fastball] was real crisp. He was doing everything we wanted him to do."
He just didn't get the no-hitter. Darvish did take a perfect game into the sixth before it started getting away from him, but the Rangers were able to hold on for an 8-4 victory. The Rangers hit five home runs and have now won 12 of their last 16 games.
Darvish is 3-1 with a 2.93 ERA in his last four starts after holding the Royals to three runs in seven innings. He allowed three hits and one walk -- all in the sixth inning -- while striking out six.
"I think it's coming together, or going in that direction," Darvish said. "Today I really felt my command was good. Everything is going in a good direction."
