With a 9-1 win Sunday night, the San Deigo Padres improved their record to 24-24. Veteran pitcher Yu Darvish faced the Atlanta Braves. Darvish pitched seven scoreless innings, allowing two hits, striking out nine, and throwing 99 pitches. He extended his career streak to 25 consecutive scoreless innings.
Additionally, Darvish won his 200th MLB and Japanese professional baseball championship. He became the only Japanese player to achieve 200 career wins, along with Hiroki Kuroda (203) and Hideo Nomo (201). The 37-year-old is showing no signs of slowing down, picking up wins in his last four starts.
Yu Darvish continues to perform at a high level throughout his 12-year MLB career.
Yu Darvish joins the elite by earning his 200th career MLB and NPB win!
Among Japanese pitchers, only Hiroki Kuroda (203) and Hideo Nomo (201) have more career wins. pic.twitter.com/QM09EDRPSr
– MLB (@MLB) May 20, 2024
San Diego’s Yu Darvish is the only player in franchise history to have four consecutive scoreless starts of at least five innings. In an impressive performance against the Braves, he retired the last 13 batters he faced. Darvish played a near-flawless game against at least two batters. He was sidelined earlier this season due to neck tightness. It doesn’t give him any problems anymore. The 37-year-old has been outstanding in his last four starts.
The Padres are in second place in the NL West after a 9-1 win over the Braves. San Diego currently has 24 wins and 24 losses this season. Only one team, the Dodgers, has a winning record. In 9 games this season, Yu Darvish had 4 wins, 1 loss, and 47.2 innings. He has 46 strikeouts in 47.2 innings and has an ERA of 2.08. If he continues to play at this level, Darvish could make the All-Star team and he could possibly even earn an end-of-season award.
Let’s look back on Yu Darvish’s historic outing. #SundayNightBaseball. 🔥 pic.twitter.com/DQX4iEeFpu
– MLB (@MLB) May 20, 2024
Yu Darvish has the second-most wins in nine starts this season. Only Dylan Cease, with five, has more than Darvish. Darvish is the first pitcher over the age of 25 to throw 25 consecutive scoreless innings since Bartolo Colon in 2015. Randy Jones holds the team record with 30 scoreless innings. It was built in May 1980. Yu Darvish is trying to break the record set by Jones.
